A MAN from Bangor has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to carrying an offensive weapon and causing criminal damage to a car in the city.

Mark Jones, 44, of Belmont Street, was accused of possessing a knuckle duster, and of damaging a white BMW vehicle belonging to Cara Jones, on June 8.

He pleaded guilty to both offences at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on September 1.

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Jones was jailed for two weeks.

This was deemed justifiable due to the nature of the weapon Jones carried, and the fact he was a serving prisoner on recall.

He is to pay a £128 victim surcharge in full by November 20, while the knuckle duster was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.