Man sentenced for having steak knife in Spalding's Swan Street

A man found with a steak knife has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Darren Osborne (38), of Chestnut Avenue, Spalding, was charged with having a steak knife without lawful authority in the town’s Swan Street on May 27.

He was also charged with possessing a Class B drug in Swan Street on May 27.

Osborne, who admitted the charges, was sentenced to six months imprisonment which was suspended for 18 months by Lincoln magistrates during a hearing on Monday.

He was deprived of the knife and the drugs were destroyed.