Godmanchester man stopped with machete down trousers for self defence is jailed
Tyrone Perry says that he carried the blade to scare people
The machete which Cambridgeshire Police found down Tyrone Perry s trousers (Image: Cambridgeshire Constabulary handout)
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A man who was stopped while carrying a machete down his trousers which he said was for self-defence and to scare others has been jailed.
Published:
2:37 PM April 26, 2021
Teenager caught in Huntingdon with a knife and machete to “protect himself and scare others”.
- Credit: Cambs Police
A teenager was caught in Huntingdon with a machete down his trousers to “protect himself and scare others”.
Officers from the Huntingdon neighbourhood policing team were on patrol on Edison Bell Way on Friday (April 23) when they stopped Tyrone Perry and two others.
The 19-year-old admitted he was carrying a knife and officers found a machete down his trousers. He told police it was to “scare people” and for “self-defence”.
At Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday (April 24), Perry, of Cambridge Street, Godmanchester, pleaded guilty to possession of a knife in a public place and was sentenced to four months in prison.