TWO men who caused “a disturbance” on a residential street in Carlisle while armed with weapons and drinking alcohol have been jailed.

A district judge at Carlisle’s Rickergate court heard that one of the two men involved – 33-year-old Terence Humphries – was armed with a traditional Japanese martial arts weapon, known as a nunchuck.

His co-accused Thomas Frizzel had a knife.

Humphries admitted having an offensive weapon in a public place with no reasonable excuse while Frizzel pleaded guilty to possessing a knife with no lawful excuse and possessing the class B drug cannabis.

The court heard that the men committed the offences on June 30 when they arrived at Dunmail Drive in the city.

Jailing Humphries for 22 weeks, District Judge John Temperley said that the defendant, of Borrowdale Gardens, Carlisle, and his co-defendant. had both been drinking and caused a disturbance.

Humphries was also under a community order which had been imposed in March by Newcastle Magistrates’ Court. The offence was so serious that only a custodial sentence was justified, said the judge.

Frizzel was jailed for 16 weeks, with the judge again noting that only custody was appropriate. His address was given as the Skelwith Bridge Hotel, Ambleside, though formerly the court listed him as living at Dale End Road, Harraby.

Both men were represented by defence lawyer Kate Hunter.

The nunchuck – usually consisting of two lengths of wood linked by a chain or rope – was seized by police and will now be forfeited and destroyed. When released, Humphries must pay a victim surcharge of £154.