A man has pleaded guilty to carrying a blade in a public place.

John Daniel Lyons, 29, of Valley Hill in Loughton, pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying a blade while visiting Bodiam Court in Maidstone, Kent, on December 14. 

Lyons also pleaded guilty to possessing three grams of cannabis on the same date.

He was given a 12 months suspended sentence order after appearing in Chelmsford Magistrates Court yesterday.