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A MAN could be facing a prison sentence after he was caught with a machete and other weapons in public.
Christopher Hale, 38, from Newport, has pleaded guilty to possession of a machete, a metal bar, two bottles of a noxious substance and a “shank” in public.
The offences were committed on the city’s Darwin Drive on November 24, 2021.
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Hale appeared for sentence at Cardiff Crown Court but his barrister Georgina Buckley successfully applied for the case to be adjourned for a probation report.
The judge, Recorder Andrew Hammond, fixed a new sentence date of November 9.
The defendant, of Maesglas Avenue, was granted unconditional bail.
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