A FATHER-of-three found with a knife and an air weapon in a public place has been given a suspended jail term.
Andrew Barry Simpson, 36, had been arrested after two men were spotted using air rifles on a field at Nelson and Colne Rugby Club.
The pair were walking away with the guns, which were in bags and not loaded.
Simpson, subject to a suspended jail term, had a lock-knife on him when he was searched, Burnley magistrates had earlier been told.
The defendant, of Keighley Avenue, Colne, admitted possessing a knife blade and an air rifle in a public place.
He got an eight week prison sentence, suspended for six months, with a three month curfew.
He must also pay £60 costs.
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