Basingstoke Magistrates' Court (Image: Newsquest)
A BASINGSTOKE man who stored weapons including machetes, large knives, knuckle duster, police-style baton, and homemade shank in his bedroom has been fined £120.
The weapons were seized from the bedroom of Luke Taylorson, 23, of Elgar Close, on March 10.
He pleaded guilty to the offence during a hearing at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Thursday, April 25.
Magistrates ordered the destruction of all the weapons including two machetes, two large knives, two small locking knives, a knuckle duster, a police-style baton, and a homemade shank.
Taylorson was also ordered to pay a fine of £120.
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