Man disarmed after taking 12-inch knife to Sunderland Royal Hospital
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A man was disarmed by a police officer and security staff as he wandered the corridors of Sunderland Royal Hospital with a 12inch blade is facing jail. Homeless Louis Downs, 34, could be caged for up to two years after he appeared in court to admit his second such crime since 2003. He was nabbed in the early hours of Sunday, April 28, as part of Northumbria Police’s Operation Cosmic – a beefing up of security at the health site. Magistrates declined to sentence him, saying their punishment...

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