Worksop: Mother ‘mortified’ after her young son was sold ‘penknife’ at Post Office

Lisa Turner is angry that her 10-year-old son Blake Dale-Hill was able to purchase a penknife from a local Post Office

A mother was left ‘mortified’ after she claims her young son was sold a ‘penknife’ at a Post Office in Carlton-in-Lindrick.

Blake-Dale Hill, 10, bought the potentially dangerous item from the shop on Beckett Avenue.

The schoolboy, who attends Kingston Academy, has since been told he is not allowed in the store.

A spokesman for the Post Office told the Guardian that it was not a ‘penknife’ and was a standard ‘bottle opener’.

His mum, Lisa Turner, of Beverley Walk, said: “I was mortified.”

“I was heartbroken that they would sell a child a penknife.”

Lisa’s son purchased the £1.69 object on Tuesday 13th January after his grandad, Larry Morgan, gave him some pocket money. Blake told him he was going to the shop to buy a balloon.

“When he came back he said ‘look what I’ve got’ and showed me,” Lisa said.

“I was very upset and asked him what he intended to do with it.”

“I don’t think he understood the dangers but I have spoken to him and so have the police.”

“It scared me.”

A police spokesman has since told this newspaper they are making further enquiries after they were called on 16th January.