Majority find man guilty of carrying offensive weapon

Thursday 6th November 2008, 2:29PM GMT.

A MAN was found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon in the Royal Court yesterday.

Phillip Hennessy was also accused of attempting to assault a police officer and resisting arrest.

He had denied all the charges.

However, 10 Jurats found him guilty of carrying a lock knife in his pocket by a 9-1 majority and were unanimous on the resisting charge.

All found him not guilty of the attempted assault.

Hennessy, who has previous convictions, will be sentenced in January.

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