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26
Jan 2022
Man sentenced for carrying a baseball bat down Parliament Street
A Harrogate man has received a community order after admitting carrying a baseball bat down Parliament Street and making unlawful threats of violence.
Dan Swift, 21, of Fewston Crescent, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday charged with threatening unlawful violence towards other persons which would cause fear for personal safety.
Swift was also charged with carrying a baseball bat on Parliament Street on September 26 last year without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.
He pleaded guilty to those charges.
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The court imposed a community order, which included 100 hours of unpaid work to be undertaken over the next 12 months.
The court said Swift’s guilty plea was taken into account when imposing the sentence.
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