A MAN has been charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place in Leamington.
Nineteen-year-old Kai Kierman, of no fixed abode, will appear at Leamington Magistrates Court on July 24.
A community warden saw a man acting strangely in the town centre at 12.30am on Sunday July 7 and reported him to the police.
The man ran off when the warden attempted to approach him.
When police arrived and attempted to detain the man, CCTV operators captured footage of the man allegedly attempting to dispose of a bladed article into a nearby bin.
A knife was then reportedly recovered by the community warden from the bin.
The man was subsequently arrested.
