Officials in courts in Southend have seized 77 forbidden items in the last two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Southend Echo report:

SECURITY guards seized 11 knives from people attending Southend’s courts in one year.

They were among 77 forbidden items taken from people attending Southend Crown and Magistrates’ Court between February 2012 – February 2013.

The haul of knives, which blades smaller than 3 ins, was revealed in figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.