DRIVER WITH KNIFE AVOIDS JAIL AFTER ADMISSION
was no intention to use the knife on anyone else but himself.” District Judge Watson said having a knife in public was always a danger and that the courts were urged to jail anyone carrying one. He said the issues However, he said that in Jussab’s behind the crime case he could suspend the jail sentence. were “poor mental health and He said: “It’s a long-bladed item poor consequential and would cause serious injury if used offensively. The offence is thinking”. made more serious by the fact you He said: gave false details to the police – “He was having you could have faced charges for suicidal that serious offence. ideation and “Given the circumstances this extreme mental falls towards the bottom of the health. These sentencing bracket. were the actions of a “Anybody who carries a knife in desperate and troubled public presents a risk but, I accept in your case, not as great as many who carry knives.”
He gave Jassub a two-month sentence, suspended for one year, and a 12-week curfew, requiring him to remain at his home in Lincoln Street, Highfields, Leicester, between the hours of 4am and noon every day. He will also have to attend 20 rehabilitation days with the probation service and pay £85 court costs and a £128 victim surcharge.
The court then heard from Jussab’s lawyer, Brad Lawler, who told District Judge Nick Watson that the shisha story was made up and the knife was really for self-harming.
The offence is made more serious by the fact you gave false details to the police
District Judge Watson
man.”
He said that since the offence, Jussab had lost his job in insurance and had since been hired as the manager of a new restaurant in Leicester city centre, working from 2pm until 2am seven days a week.
He also said Jussab had been taking out “pay-day” loans and had a large amount of debt to pay off as he started earning again.
Mr Lawler added: “The knife was never brandished and there