Polmont YOI inmate caught with weighted sock weapon

Michael Day (22) appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday, having pleaded guilty to having an offensive weapon – a sock containing a weighted item – at Polmont Young Offenders Institution on November 21, 2020.
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The court heard Day had failed to turn up for reports to allow a report to be carried out.

Sheriff Craig Harris deferred sentence on Day, 27 Mahon Court, Moodiesburn, to August 25 for reports.

He said: “If you’re here again and there’s no report you will be going back into custody.”