High Street, Banbury Picture: GOOGLE A Kent man was caught on CCTV using a knife to threaten a group of men. Sam Jones, 27, had been due to stand trial on allegations he was in possession of the knife outside the MooMoo nightclub on May 17, 2019, and used it to threaten others. But before his trial could get underway at Oxford Crown Court, Jones, of Bayly Road, Dartford, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article. He will be sentenced on August 12. Two hours before Jones entered his plea, Judge Michael Gledhill QC was played footage from a camera on Banbury High Street, which showed the defendant get out the driver’s side of a red hatchback and chase after a small group of men.
“It still boils down to ‘why me?’” “It s everybody complies, or everybody pays the encroachment fee, or you leave us be.”
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The fence next door reaches as far out as Hickling s. New Plymouth District Council is currently working its way through 600 unauthorised encroachments across the district. In a statement, council transport manager Rui Leitao said many encroachments have long and complicated histories. “We work hard to find amicable solutions, as was the case with Baring Tce. “We’ve been talking with the owner for months to try and find an amicable solution. “It’s an issue because it intrudes on public land and we’ve had complaints about it.