Man spotted by public with seven-inch knife in Cambridge

A quick-thinking member of the public helped police remove a knife from the streets of Cambridge after spotting a man carrying it.

Officers were on patrol on 25 July when a concerned resident flagged down their patrol car after seeing a man with a seven-inch bread knife.

They approached Jack Walker, in Ditton Lane, who pulled the knife from his trousers and dropped it on the ground.

At Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday (1 December), Walker, 27, of Clara Rackham Street, was sentenced to 123 days in prison, suspended for 18 months. He pleaded guilty to possession of a knife in a public place and commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order. He was also fined £100 and must under go a 12 months alcohol treatment programme.

PC Morgan Wood, who investigated, said: “Thanks to the vigilance of the public and their quick actions, we were able to stop Walker and remove the knife from the streets.”