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Arrest after man ‘brandished axe and threatened people’ in Folkestone town centre
11:25, 24 September 2024
updated: 14:29, 24 September 2024
A suspect has been charged after a man was reportedly wielding an axe and threatening people in a town centre.
Police were called to Tontine Street in Folkestone just before midnight on Friday.
It was alleged that the man threatened people who were known to him following an altercation earlier that evening, before leaving the scene.
A suspect was arrested nearby a short while later, and an axe and cannabis were recovered.
On Sunday, James Brown of Warren Close was charged with possession of a blade or sharply pointed article, possession of a class B drug and a public order offence.
He appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court yesterday and was bailed to appear before Canterbury Crown Court at a later date.
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