Jail for teen who threatened woman with knife at Peterborough bus station
It was an unprovoked attack
Last updated 12th May 2023
A teenager who threatened a woman he had never met before with a knife at a bus station in Peterborough has been jailed.
Jedidiah Clay, aged 19, and a friend began shouting at the woman at Queensgate Bus Station on 10 September last year,
He then became aggressive when challenged, before pulling up his top to reveal a knife handle in his waistband.
The victim got on a bus before calling the police and Clay was arrested despite trying to run away.
While on bail, Clay threatened a group of men with a samurai sword at the YMCA hostel, in Gonville Place, Cambridge, on 9 January.
Clay, from Gonville Place in Cambridge, chased the men, swinging the sword at them, before putting it back in his waistband and leaving.
He was arrested at Parkside Swimming Pool and Gym.
Yesterday (4 May), Clay was sentenced to one year and nine months in jail after appearing at Peterborough Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty to possession of a knife in a public place, using threatening words with intent to cause fear of violence and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.
DC Antonio Fernandez said: “These were cowardly offences where Clay has threatened innocent people with weapons for no reason. Carrying a knife is never necessary, it is dangerous as well as illegal.
“Tackling knife crime is a force priority and we will do everything in our power to get weapons off the streets of Cambridgeshire.”
A countywide weapons amnesty will take place next week allowing people to hand in knives and other items without fear of prosecution.