A BUS passenger who threatened to stab the driver was yesterday jailed for four months. Joshua Jones said he would cut the driver’s neck because he would not give him and his girlfriend a refund when they were asked to get off the number six bus en route from Town to St Sampson’s.

The incident began when Jones’s girlfriend took exception to his being told to stop drinking on board. The Magistrate’s Court heard that Jones had said to the driver: ‘I have a knife in my pocket and I will cut your neck.’

Advocate Andrew Ayres, defending, said that his client did not have a knife on him. Jones, 22, of 1, Ormond Flats, Grandes Maisons Road, St Sampson’s, who admitted disorderly behaviour, was identified through the bus’s CCTV system.

Assistant-Magistrate Philip Robey sentenced him to two months in prison for the incident with the bus driver. Mr Robey imposed a further two months for two offences of theft, which the defendant also admitted. Jones stole a £23.99 Sony Ericsson headset from Wave Telecom on 25 February and a £29.99 pair of trainers from Sportsdirect on 25 March.