Man charged over knife and racial abuse offences in Peterborough city centre pub

A man has been charged with a number of knife and racial abuse charges after an incident in a Peterborough city centre pub yesterday.
Thorpe Wood Police Station in PeterboroughThorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough
Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough

Police were called at 3.29pm on Wednesday April 27 to reports of a man with a knife in a public house in Hereward Cross, Broadway, Peterborough.

Officers attended and a 59 year-old man from Peterborough was arrested for possession of a bladed article, possession of a controlled drug of class b – cannabis/cannabis resin and racially/religiously aggravated harassment/alarm/distress by words/writing.

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For the offence of possession of a controlled drug of class b-cannabis/cannabis resin he was released under investigation.

He was charged with the other offences and bailed to court.

He will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday May 24.