Is carrying a knife illegal?

A Spanish waiter who was caught carrying a knife in Soho Square has been spared jail after claiming he ‘didn’t realise he couldn’t have it’ in the UK. Mustafa Ahmed, 20, was found with a credit card blade and a stash of cannabis in London’s West End on 16 March. Prosecutor Jason Seetal said he had been carrying the knife in his wallet and officers found it during a stop and search. Ahmed appeared in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’…