Buckfastleigh man jailed for having knife and drugs and smashing a window
A 26 year old Buckfastleigh man is behind bars after being convicted of various offences including possessing a knife in a public place and criminal damage to property.
Danny Morgan, of Market Close, Buckfastleigh was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday 3 March for three years for taking prohibited items into a prison together with more local offences which took place in Buckfastleigh during 2025. Morgan received additional time for possessing an offensive weapon in a public place - he was sentenced to five months imprisonment, as well as one month for the damage to property where he smashed a neighbour’s window and one month concurrent for possession of a class B controlled drug (cannabis).
Morgan was also given three months concurrent sentence for using threatening, abusive, insulting words behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Police are satisfied that this offender, whose behaviour caused significant distress, is now behind bars and will not be causing the community any more problems for the foreseeable future. We would like to thank the public for their support in helping us achieve justice for the victims and get this prolific offender off the streets.
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