Road-rage fear of armed motorist

A motorist kept a 2ft-long metal tube in his car to defend himself from road-rage drivers, Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, was told.

Gregory Torrington (40), of Moorcroft Street, Oldham, pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon after police searched his car during a routine check in Failsworth last September. He was sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work, and told to pay £300 costs.
The judge, Mr Recorder Howard Bentham QC, told him, “You cannot carry weapons in you car, even if it is for self-defence.”

Mr Edward Moss, defending, said, “He now accepts it was a rather stupid and foolish thing to do.”