Peterborough man ran out of flat with knife on Christmas Day

Phillip Evans was sentenced to two years in prison at Cambridge Crown Court <i>(Image: Cambridgeshire Police)</i>
Phillip Evans was sentenced to two years in prison at Cambridge Crown Court (Image: Cambridgeshire Police)
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A man who ran out of a flat brandishing a knife on Christmas Day has been jailed. 

Phillip Evans, 46, left the property in Lowick Gardens, Westwood, Peterborough, at around 5pm on December 25, 2025, with the kitchen knife.

He was identified and arrested the following day.

Evans, of Lowick Gardens, denied possession of a knife in a public place and a separate charge of wounding with intent.

On Friday, 14 August, he was acquitted of wounding with intent but found guilty of possession of a knife following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

At the same hearing he was jailed for two years.

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