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Newbury man Jamie Whiteway sentenced for alcohol-fuelled blade offence




A MAN who had a blade in public while under the influence of alcohol has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Jamie Whiteway appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, October 31.

Reading Magistrates Courts
Reading Magistrates Courts

The 42-year-old, of Freeman Court, off West Street, Newbury, denied possessing a bladed article in public in Newbury on Tuesday, April 11.

But he was convicted following a trial.

Mr Whiteway, who was legally represented at the hearing by Mason Waker, was sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months.

He was told a custodial sentence, albeit was suspended, was justified because he had been under the influence of alcohol at the time.

Nevertheless, magistrates said they could suspend the sentence because there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

In addition, Mr Whiteway was ordered to pau £625 costs, plus a statutory victim services surcharge of £154.



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