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The 55-year-old was also high on cocaine while driving without insurance, a court was told <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A MAN had a kitchen knife and a hammer when police arrested him outside his Barry home, a court heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Shields told officers who questioned him: “You never know what is going to happen in Barry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shields, of Laugharne Court, was caught driving under the influence of drugs, driving without third-party insurance and while in possession of a kitchen knife and hammer outside his home at 3pm on April 21, 2024, Cardiff Magistrates Court heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutor Michael Curry told the court how Shields was found in possession of both the hammer and the knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Curry told the court when Mr Shields was questioned about the offensive weapons, that is when he told police: “You never know what is going to happen in Barry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shields told the court the kitchen knife was in the passenger seat of his car and that he had the hammer on him for “work” purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police drug tested Shields and he was found to have 240mg of Benzoylecgonine in his blood – nearly five times the legal limit, the prosecutor said. He was also found with 38mg of cocaine in his blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presiding magistrate Fiona Tompkins heard from Mr Curry that Shields was a past drug user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presiding magistrate Fiona Tompkins offered Shields an on-duty solicitor in place of his own solicitor, who was not in the court room. But Shields refused, telling the court: “I’d rather not, I’d rather represent myself unless my solicitor is Mr Sadiq.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shields initially pleaded not guilty but later pleaded guilty to three offences when he appeared in Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Friday, November 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was charged with driving without third party insurance, driving a vehicle with a controlled drug above the specified limit as well as possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was handed an interim driving disqualification. He will also have to co-operate with the probation service while he waits for his sentencing hearing on December 5, 2024, at Cardiff Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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