A man has been jailed for eight months after carrying a knife through a busy train station and onto a train
Kyle Craig Morrow, 24, of Rose Avenue, South Moor, was spotted by a member of the public carrying a kitchen knife through Newcastle Central Station.
Following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation, Morrow pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by South Tyneside magistrates on Wednesday, January 17.
The court heard how, on Sunday, June 26 last year, officers received a report through the BTP text service 61016 from a member of rail staff that a passenger had spotted Morrow carrying a knife at Newcastle Central Station.
Kyle Craig Morrow, 24, of Rose Avenue, South Moor, was spotted by a member of the public carrying a kitchen knife through Newcastle Central Station last year.
Following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation, Morrow pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced by South Tyneside magistrates on Wednesday, January 17.
The court heard how, on Sunday, June 26 last year, officers received a report through the BTP text service 61016 from a member of rail staff that a passenger had spotted Morrow carrying a knife at Newcastle Central Station.
Officers attended the station and located Morrow on board a train.
He was found to be carrying a kitchen knife in the waistband of his trousers and was arrested.
Morrow was also further arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
In police interview, Morrow claimed he didn’t know he was carrying the knife and that someone else must have put it there without his knowledge.