CARRYING a rock in a sock for protection is not acceptable behaviour, a Camborne homeless man was told by magistrates.
At Truro Magistrates' Court on Thursday, Steven Forster, 32, of no formal abode, admitted possessing the offensive weapon – a large rock in two socks – on January 8.
Anita Kennett, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Forster was stopped by a police officer in the service lane linking Trelowarren Street and Moor Street and asked if he had anything on him.
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