A man caught with a large knife in his car claimed that he had only used it to cut his daughter's birthday cake, a court heard.Leigh Shorthouse, aged 30, who has several previous convictions for serious violence, was caught in the BMW with the kitchen knife at his feet.Scaffolder Shorthouse, of Lucas Lane, Plympton, had denied at Plymouth Crown Court having a bladed article and an offensive weapon in a public place.He was found guilty by a jury at a trial last month of having the knife but...
