A man has been fined after police spotted him with a knuckle duster while he argued with a fellow reveller in a busy city centre.
Callum Nichol was seen carrying "something shiny" in his hand during an altercation with another male in Times Square, Newcastle. Officers immediately approached the 23-year-old and watched as he tried to hide the weapon in his trouser pocket, a court was told.
Nichol, of Milling Court, in Teams, Gateshead, was arrested and the knuckle duster was subsequently recovered when he was searched. He's now been fined £200 after he appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court to plead guilty to possessing an offensive weapon.
