A man has been jailed for eight weeks after he was caught in possession of a lock knife at the junction of The Crescent and Reevy Road West in Buttershaw, Bradford.

Edward Simpson, 27, of Brafferton Arbor, Buttershaw, pleaded guilty to having a bladed article in a public place on August 10. He also admitted possession of cannabis on the same date.

Simpson was sentenced at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court who were told he was unlawfully at large and on recall.