A Cowley criminal who was caught with a curved sword has been jailed.

Peter Currie, 46, was in possession of the blade, which was longer than the legal length of 50cm, and a lock knife in Oxford on April 13.

Currie, of Rymers Lane, pleaded guilty to possession of both weapons when he appeared in Oxford Magistrates Court earlier this month.

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He also pleaded guilty to stealing £60 worth of stock – including grocery items and an electric toothbrush - from Tesco in Cowley Road on February 3 and six bottles of Pimm's worth £132 from Templars Shopping Park on July 9.

Magistrates jailed Currie for two month and ordered him to pay £92 in compensation.

They also issued a forfeiture and destruction order for the weapons.