Man jailed for making threats with knife in public

A man who was seen brandishing a knife in public has been jailed for more than a year.

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Lea Taylor, aged 31, admitted threatening a man with a knife in Newport Road, Stafford, on December 29.

Taylor, of no fixed address, had also pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in a public place and affray during an earlier hearing at magistrates court.

He was sentenced to 16 months in prison when he appeared at Stafford Crown Court on January 23.