Knife offender jailed and barred from returning to Burnley after Rosegrove dispute
A man charged after a knife incident in Burnley has been jailed and barred from returning to the town following a court appearance.
Officers were called to Rosegrove Lane just before 4pm on Wednesday, January 14 after a report of a dispute between two men who were known to each other.
Police attended the scene and arrested one of the men on suspicion of possession of a knife.
On Thursday afternoon, Isaac Omar, 44, of Rosegrove Lane, Burnley, was charged with the offence and remanded in custody to appear before Blackburn Magistrates’ Court.
At court on Friday morning, Omar was given an immediate 12-week prison sentence.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “Arrangements have also been made which mean Omar will not be returning to Burnley once he has served his sentence.
“We recognise the strength of feeling this incident has generated and so we wanted to bring you this update as soon as we could.”
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