A man has been jailed for possessions of drugs, a weapon and assaulting a police officer.

Duval Evans, 19, of Eastcote Lane, Harrow, was arrested on April after police stopped and searched, before being sentenced to 46 weeks in prison on May 17.

Police, who were wearing body cameras, stopped Mr Evans near Austen Road in Harrow, but during the search the suspect tried to run away holding the knife, at which point a struggle ensued.

Police Sergeant PJ Jones, from Harrow, said: “Communities are now speaking out about their intolerance of those who continue to endanger lives by carrying weapons.

“We will stop those who carry knives, we will search them, and we will imprison them to protect our residents.

“This sentence demonstrates the courts dedication to sentencing knife carriers to custodial sentences.”