A vulnerable 44 year old 'thought disordered' man has been jailed for four months for possessing a kitchen knife blade in a nightclub.
Paul Gillmore, of Thornberry Avenue, Exeter, had put the seven inch blade in a book down the back of his trousers but did not use it to threaten anyone, said prosecutor Karen Ball.
He admitted possessing a blade in a public place – The Cavern Club in Exeter's Gandy Street – one night in September.
His solicitor Caroline Salvatore told Exeter magistrates that Gillmore is a schizophrenic with pyschosis and had been held in Exeter Jail for his own protection.
She said the blade slipped from the book and door staff struggled with Gillmore who was restrained on the ground.
She added that the blade was 'to protect him from harm' and that her client was 'thought disordered'.
The prosecutor stressed the blade was not used to threaten anyone in the club.
The magistrates jailed him for four months after taking his guilty plea into account.
Gillmore's ex wife was at the back of the court and was shocked by the jail term saying:"What ? I absolutely cannot believe that."
