A man has pleaded guilty to carrying a blade in a public place.
John Daniel Lyons, 29, of Valley Hill in Loughton, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a blade while visiting Bodiam Court in Maidstone, Kent, on December 14.
Lyons also pleaded guilty to possessing three grams of cannabis on the same date.
He was given a 12 months suspended sentence order after appearing in Chelmsford Magistrates Court yesterday.
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