Thanks for that Trev.
There were a number of threads on this a couple of weeks ago. It's good to see the details as we can now see why he was charged with offensive weapon rather than bladed article. Basically it's a bloody fool who had a pint, showed intent (the legal element needed to prove offensive weapon) to use the knife as a weapon and was then rightly stopped by the Police and had his car searched.
What a total t**t!
Mind you, Supt Meakin's comment that "The knife is illegal..." is misleading as it suggests there is no legal excuse to posses a lock knife. In that context it was illegal, but not in all cases.