Kettering man jailed after being caught with knife hidden inside pen

Andrew Campbell, 48, was caught with the concealed weapon in Victoria Street on March 20.

When the pen was pulled apart it revealed a deadly blade.

He denied possessing the weapon but was found guilty in his absence at Northampton Magistrates' Court last month.

And because it was his second offence involving a knife - just 16 days after being given a suspended sentence for the same offence - magistrates had no option but to jail him.

Campbell, of Highfield Crescent, was jailed for 26 weeks.

Suspended sentences of eight weeks for having a lock knife in Lindsay Street in December 2017 and two weeks for being equipped for theft with a lock pick set were also imposed.

Magistrates added a further two weeks in prison for failing to surrender whilst on bail, making his total sentence 38 weeks.

They also ordered that the knife in a pen was destroyed.