Troubled teen caught with two blades near Perth playpark

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Perth housing estate.One of them, a black-handled kitchen knife, was seen protruding from 19-year-old Luke Macdonald’s jumper pocket.The second was also recovered from his person, along with a snap bag containing cocaine, after he was arrested in the early hours, Perth Sheriff Court heard.Call to reinstate £2.6m to roads budget to help deal with pothole plagueSheriff Lindsay Foulis told him: “It’s often thought that to defer sentence sends out a message to the accused the can has been kicked down the road and, in effect, they are getting off with it.“I would just make it plain to Mr Macdonald that nothing could be further from the truth.“I’m keeping a very watchful eye on you because I have an awful funny feeling that you will be heading.