A MAN caught with a knife in a pub appeared has been given a community order and ordered to carry out unpaid work.

Lee McGinnis, 39, of Town Lane, Thackley, appeared before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court to be sentenced.

According to court documents, he was caught with a knife in The Lane Ends pub, Five Lane Ends, on December 17 last year.

A community order was made which will include a maximum of 15 days Rehabilitation Activity Requirement. 

McGinnis will also have to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. 

His guilty plea was taken into account when imposing the sentence, court documents state.

The knife will be forfeited under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 and be destroyed.