A KNIFEMAN was warned by a judge about the dangers of carrying a blade in public after a jury found him guilty of the offence.
Kyle Pryzborowski, 19, of John Bull Close, Newport, was convicted following a trial.
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He had denied being armed with a Stanley knife during a confrontation with another man in the city’s Dunstable Road in February 2020.
Pryzborowski was cleared of unlawful wounding.
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Prosecutor Rhodri Jones told Cardiff Crown Court the defendant had no previous convictions.
His barrister Gareth Williams said in mitigation: “He has never been in trouble before and hasn’t been in trouble since.
“He understands he made a very, very bad call that night and his judgement was wrong.
“The defendant is sorry for what happened and can be rehabilitated.”
Judge Daniel Williams told Pryzborowski: “Don’t develop a fixation with knives – they kill people.”
He was sent to a young offender institution for 26 weeks, suspended for 12 months.
The defendant has to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work, complete 10 sessions of a rehabilitation activity requirement and pay a £122 victim surcharge.
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