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Lanarkshire Live

Man arrested after walking into Lanarkshire police station with blade

A man virtually asked to be arrested when he turned up at a police station with a blade in the early hours of the morning.

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard William Paton, 47, shouted 'I've got a knife in my front pocket. I'm homeless. What do you expect?'.

Paton, a prisoner, admitted unlawful possession of a bladed item in Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, on August 10 this year.

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