Man jailed for carrying weapons (From News Shopper)

Man jailed for carrying weapons

9:38am Friday 4th July 2008 in

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A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed after he was found carrying a knuckleduster and a cut-throat razor blade.

Billy Coleman, of The Mead, New Ash Green, was given a six-month prison term at Croydon Crown Court after being arrested in August last year.

Police officers found Coleman carrying the weapons after following and stopping his car when they saw him driving erratically through Bromley.

A knuckleduster and cut-throat razor were found in the vehicle's glove box, along with a lock knife in the driver's door pocket.

Coleman was also carrying another lock knife in a trouser pocket.

He pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon - the knuckleduster - and to careless driving.

Coleman denied three counts of having a pointed and bladed article but was found guilty after a two-day trial.

He was sentenced to six months in prison on each of the three knife offences as well as four months in jail for carrying a knuckleduster - all to run concurrently.

Coleman was also given five penalty points on his driving licence.

Sergeant Lee Howes, the head of the Bickley Safer Neighbourhood Team which arrested Coleman, said: "This conviction and term of imprisonment clearly show possessing a knife is likely to lead to prison, even with no aggravating circumstances."