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.