A Blaenau Ffestiniog woman has been handed a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of possession of a lock knife.

Donna Bowdler, of 35 Ffordd Manod, Manod, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on 3 March.

The 49-year-old was found guilty at a hearing in January of possessing a lock knife at Bethania on 31 March last year.

Magistrates handed Bowdler a 26 week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months.

Magistrates said the offence was “so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified” but suspended the sentence because there is a “realistic prospect of rehabilitation.”

Bowdler must also pay prosecution costs of £600 as well as a surcharge to fund victim services of £154.