A 30-year-old man from Maidstone has received a suspended prison sentence for threatening behavior and carrying a baseball bat and large knife in public.

Daniel Cuttell, of St Peter’s Street, received a 60 day sentence, suspended for one year, after admitting carrying the baseball bat and a billhook for no good reason on Tuesday, July 15.

The same day he caused another person to believe unlawful violence would be immediately used against them by using threatening words and behavior – which he also pleaded guilty to.

Cuttell appeared at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court, in Palace Avenue, on Wednesday, August 6.

Magistrates sentenced him to a total of 60 days in prison, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.