A knife offender who claimed he was just unlucky has been spared a prison sentence.When Steven Clelland was caught with a blade he told police officers he'd found it and was about to put it in a bin.His plea didn't prevent him being charged with carrying a bladed item in public without reasonable excuse.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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They found a Stanley knife in his jacket pocket."Clelland said 'It was lying on the footpath. I picked it up and was going to take it to a bin.
I didn't expect to be stopped by the police going to Farmfoods and back - a four-minute journey'."Defence agent Ian Scott said that remained his client's position, but added: "He should have taken the knife to the nearest bin and not gone to Farmfoods first."He ought to be
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