Glebe Gardens. Photo: Brenda Turner, Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club.
A SUSPECTED teenage drug dealer has been accused of having a knife in Basingstoke town centre, a court has heard.
Hezekiah Ondzie has been charged with having the knife in Glebe Gardens on July 31, 2019.
The 18-year-old has further been charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and possession of criminal property - £677 in cash.
Appearing via video link at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning, Ondzie did not indicate pleas to any of the charges.
District Judge Timothy Pattinson decided that the case was not suitable to proceed at Magistrates’ Court.
Ondzie, of Redbridge Gardens in Peckham, will appear at Winchester Crown Court on February 10.
He remains on unconditional bail.
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