A man who was carrying a crossbow in a County Durham residential street has been given a suspended jail sentence.

On February 28 Durham Police received calls from members of the public that a man had been seen carrying the weapon in Magdalene Place, Ferryhill.

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Officers from the Ferryhill Neighbourhood Policing Team and roads and armed policing raced to the scene and managed to locate 43-year-old David Pick on nearby Broom Road.

The crossbow and bolts were seized shortly afterwards from his home.

Pick, of Stephenson Street, Ferryhill, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court today (June 30) and was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months.

Following the sentence Sergeant Peter Newman of Durham Police thanked the public who reported him.

He said: “Members of the public were understandably alarmed by this incident, but thankfully we were able to seize the weapon before it could be used for any more sinister purposes.

“I would like to thank those members of the public who reported this incident to us resulting in the seizure and destruction of the crossbow, which could have caused significant injury.”

 

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