A DRUG addict who was caught interfering with a vehicle and carrying a lock knife in public has been sentenced in court.

Liam Watson-Hunter was caught interfering with a Jaguar XE car at Chester-le-Street on January 16 this year.

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On the same day, on Cedar Avenue in Kimblesworth, he was found to be carrying a locking flick knife without good reason or lawful authority.

Watson-Hunter pleaded guilty before magistrates last month to vehicle interference and posessing a blade in a public place.

He also admitted failing to surrender to custody at County Durham and Darlington Magistrates' Court, having been released on bail on January 17.

Watson-Hunter was sentenced for all three offences by magistrates sitting at Newton Aycliffe on Tuesday (March 8).

The 24-year-old, of Braeside, Edmondsley, Durham, was given a community order with a drug rehabilitation element requiring him to receive treatment for drug dependency.

He was also ordered to pay £180 in court costs and charges which will be deducted from his benefits.

The lock knife he was carrying was seized and destroyed by police.

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