A TEENAGER caught with a knife has avoided an immediate jail term.
Frazer Joyce had the blade in Colchester High Street in April.
On the same day he was caught driving a Vauxhall Astra without the appropriate licence or insurance.
The 19-year-old admitted possessing the camouflage handled lock knife and the driving offences at Colchester Magistrates' Court.
Joyce, of Magdalen Green, Colchester, was given a 16 week jail sentence suspended for a year.
The knife will be destroyed and his licence will be endorsed with six points.
Joyce must pay £260 in court charges.
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