A man banned from Newtown pulled out a large kitchen knife and slid the blade along the bar counter at a town centre pub.
Kieran Rogers, 31, was seen on CCTV standing at the bar at The Lion pub on Saturday (December 6) pulling from his waist a "large" silver kitchen knife.
He was then seen putting the blade under the bar runner across the counter before placing the knife back inside his clothing.
The Kerry man pleaded guilty to possessing a knife blade in a public place when he appeared flanked by prison officers in the dock at Welshpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, December 9.
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Prosecutor Helen Tench said a member of staff told pub landlord Jessica Walters-Davies that a man, who was later identified as Rogers, was "acting strange".
Ms Walters-Davies went to check the pub's CCTV footage which showed the defendant with a knife. She then went to go and tell him to leave but he had already left the pub.
The court heard that at around 11.50pm, police on patrol in the town centre were approached by a member of the public who told them that Rogers had a knife in The Lion.
The defendant was later found the next day at his mother's home and an eight-inch knife fitting a description given to police was seized by PC Davies.
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Rogers told police that he didn't know why he had the knife and he "didn't know what he was saying because his mind was still asleep".
"I didn't realise I had it on me, to be fair," he said.
Rogers was on police bail, which included a condition not to enter Newtown, while under investigation for reckless arson.
During mitigation, Gurleen Kaur told the magistrates that the defendant had pleaded guilty on the basis that he didn't intend to cause harm, distress or alarm.
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Ms Kaur said her client had told her that he had "no evil intent" and was in Newtown "for a very short time".
The court was told that Rogers' basis of plea was not accepted by the prosecution, which the magistrates said made "no material difference" to sentencing before ordering a pre-sentence report from the probation service.
Rogers, of Cwmsidwell, Kerry, was remanded in custody over Christmas until his sentencing hearing which will take place at the same court on January 6.
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