Man found with butchers knife in a park... five months later armed police detained him for having an imitation firearm in the street

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Oldham had to be detained by armed police five months later after waving an imitation firearm in the street. Members of the public had to tackle Rafaqat Hussain to the floor after they spotted him with the blade in Alexandra Park on November 15 last year.Hussain was convicted of having a blade in a public place and handed a suspended prison sentence.But just five months later, the 27-year-old was taken down by armed police after waving a fake gun in the air in the street.He has now been jailed for eight months at Minshull Street Crown after a judge said he had 'not learnt his lesson'.Prosecutor Craig MacGregor told the court how armed police were called to Marlborough Street at around 5.30pm on April 14 this year.A concerned member of the.