Man pleads guilty to knife threat

By The Newsroom
Published 31st Oct 2018, 09:40 BST
Updated 31st Oct 2018, 09:43 BST
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A Belford man has admitted threatening another man with a knife.

James Carter, 33, of Bell Road, pleaded guilty to the offence at Berwick Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

He is charged with unlawfully and intentionally threatening Damian Hall with a blade/sharply pointed instrument in a public place on September 23, in such a way that there was an immediate risk of serious physical harm.

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Rebecca Gibson, prosecuting, said: “It is alleged he has raised the knife above his head and brought it down so we are talking about using a blade, not just threatening with it.”

Magistrates decided their sentencing powers were insufficient and committed the case to Newcastle Crown Court on November 22.