Wigan justices impose 21-week prison sentence on man caught carrying lock knife

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A man caught carrying a knife has been sent to jail for 21 weeks.

Neil Gerrard, 50, of Kermishaw Nook, Tyldesley, was found with a lock knife on Mealhouse Lane, Atherton, on June 21.

Wigan magistrates jailed him for 21 weeks, as it was his second knife offence, and ordered him to pay a surcharge of £154.