Colchester man Scott Lamond threw knife in Head Street

Scott Lamond was attacked outside his flat in Magdalen Street, Colchester, on March 31 and was arrested for possessing a modelling knife in the city centre on May 20, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Lamond, 36, admitted having a Stanley knife in Head Street, Colchester, on May 20 this year and possessing a small amount of cocaine.

He was given a three-year community order, a two-year drug rehabilitation requirement and a 60-day rehabilitation activity requirement.

Arrest - Scott Lamond was caught with a Stanley knife in Head Street, Colchester

Sentencing him, Judge Martyn Levett said the defendant had thrown a Stanley knife with a sharp blade during a late night confrontation in Head Street.

“Mercifully you are inept and the knife hit the wall,” said the judge.

“The public is to be grateful for cctv operators capturing these late night town centre incidents because the imagery reflects the threat caused by a mindless knife-carrying culture.

“These offences of having a bladed article late at night and in town centres, carried for only one purpose are illustrations of how knife crime blights our towns and surrounding areas.

Punished - Scott Lamond was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court (Image: Archant)

“Every weapon carried on the street, even if it’s concealed from sight, even if it’s not likely or intended to be used, represents a threat to public safety and public order,” said the judge.

“Even if a knife is held for bravado or from some misguided sense that it’s for protection, there is a risk of using it because it takes a moment of irritation, anger or perceived insult or something very trivial, like a look, for the weapon to be produced and then offences of the greatest possible seriousness follow.

The more so when knives are carried by someone of whatever age under the influence of drink or drugs, as they were in this case.” said the judge.

Richard Potts, for Lamond, said his client was going to use the knife as part of a disturbance.