Teenager in court for weapon offences

A 16-year-old boy from Yateley who appeared at court charged with weapon offences following an incident in Blackwater, will next appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on July 17.

He has been remanded into the care of the local authority with conditions to observe a curfew between 7pm and 7am, a condition of residence at an address given by the local authority and a condition not to enter the Yateley or Basingstoke areas.

The incident took place in Oak Farm Close, Blackwater, at around 7.14pm on Thursday 9 July.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place, possession of a knife blade/ sharp-pointed article in a public place, and possession of a controlled drug of Class B.