The prosecutor said McDonald told police he had paid £7 for the item. The court heard that in his subsequent interview the defendant said the knife was not what he had ordered - he said he had intended to purchase a "Rambo-style" knife for his miniature collection. South Wales Police were alerted, and officers went to 38-year-old McDonald's house in Blaenymaes the following day. Swansea Crown Court heard that on July 21 this year a package which had arrived in the UK from China via the Netherlands was checked at a Royal Mail logistics centre.Īshanti-Jade Walton, prosecuting, said when the parcel - which was labelled as "kitchenware" - was opened, officials found a flick knife with a 10cm blade. Obsessive ex-boyfriend goes through woman's bins and sends her photo of her Tesco receipt during frightening two year ordeal.Thugs stamped on unconscious man's head and testicles in 'savage' street attack.Sending the defendant to jail, a judge said such weapons only had one use - to inflict violence upon someone. The defendant later told officers he had been sent the wrong kind of knife, and he had actually intended to buy a "Rambo-style" knife. Police were alerted to the discovery and officers arrested the intended recipient, Simon Craig McDonald. The weapon was found when a parcel being mailed to Swansea marked "kitchenware" was intercepted and opened. A man who ordered a £7 flick knife from China on the internet has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.
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