Teenager avoid prison after brandishing knife on Margate seafront

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18-year-old Rhys Day was just one of hundreds of people gathered in the seaside town where a fight erupted between a large group of young people in August of 2023. Bartholomew Hall reports.

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00:00This topless teenager wearing a balacalava has narrowly avoided prison after brandishing a knife

00:06on Margate's seafront. 18-year-old Rhys Day was just one of hundreds of people who gathered in

00:11the seaside town where a fight erupted between a large group of people in August of 2023.

00:18It's understood he was drinking and taking drugs at the time whilst using a knife to threaten

00:22others. Following the disturbance, a 48-hour dispersal order was issued by Kent Police.

00:28Day, who lives in Poppy Close in Maidstone, was later identified and admitted being in

00:33possession of a bladed article when he appeared at Folkestone Magistrates Court. Judge William

00:38Nelson told Day he had shown genuine remorse and pleaded guilty early before going on to

00:43hand an 18-month community order. The teenager must also attend rehabilitation sessions including

00:50for drug use and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. The knife will also be destroyed. So far

00:56it's understood that Day is the only person to have been charged with an offence in relation

01:00to the seafront incident.

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