A MAN has been charged with being in possession of a weapon in a public place. 

Adam Fleming, of Crookbarrow Road, Worcester, has been charged after being found in possession of a 'knife blade or sharp pointed article' in Norton on Tuesday (November 12).

The 43-year-old will appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court on December 17.

The charge coincides with Sceptre which is a week of action by police forces across the country to highlight work done to tackle knife crime.