Ely Man Found With Machete and an Array of Knives
POLICE investigating a road accident found a machete and an array of other knives in one of the vehicles involved, a court heard. Crown prosecutor Delia Matthews told Ely Magistrates that officers discovered the machete, as well a military knife, a huntin
POLICE investigating a road accident found a machete and an array of other knives in one of the vehicles involved, a court heard.
Crown prosecutor Delia Matthews told Ely Magistrates that officers discovered the machete, as well a military knife, a hunting knife and a throwing knife, in the back of a van. They subsequently charged the owner of the van, 43-year-old Mark Langford, of Broad Street, Ely, with four counts of possessing a knife in a public place.
Mrs Matthews added: "The knives had not been used to cause harm."
Langford pleaded not guilty to all four charges.
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The magistrates committed the case to crown court and adjourned the case until June 4 so that committal papers could be compiled.
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