Blackpool man said he would stab and slice up Cumbria police
Carlisle’s magistrates’ court
A Blackpool man who was arrested on Easter Sunday has admitted sending a message that was grossly offensive after he said police would “die tonight”.
Matthew Keen appeared before Carlisle’s magistrates’ court today and pleaded guilty to sending a message that was grossly offensive/indecent/obscene or of a menacing character.
Andy Travis, prosecuting, told the court how the 31-year-old informed police in Carlisle that he had travelled from Blackpool to report an offence and was told he must inform Blackpool police.
He was taken to Carlisle railway station to return home to Reads Avenue, Blackpool. He also pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon, a hammer and a black-handled knife with a fixed serrated edge, these were found after a police search outside the railway station.
By Staff Reporter
Man who travelled from Blackpool had hammer and knife A man, who was arrested on Easter Monday, appeared before Carlisle s magistrates court today (April 6) where he was charged with sending, by a public communications network, a message that was grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, or of menacing character. He pleaded guilty to the offence. Andy Travis, prosecuting, told the court how Matthew Keen, 31, informed police in Carlisle that he had travelled from Blackpool to report an offence, and was told he must inform Blackpool police. He was taken to Carlisle railway station to return to his home address of Reads Avenue, Blackpool.