ACTOR Darren Day went on trial yesterday accused of carrying a potentially lethal weapon dubbed an “attitude adjuster” during a trip to Scotland last year.
The 41 year-old, dressed in a suit and open-necked shirt, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court accused of possessing a 5.5-inch metal rod referred to in police charges as a Kubotan.
The stubble chinned stage and TV star was first charged with having a weapon when stopped by police in the city’s Manor Place in the run up to Christmas last year.
Today (Tuesday) his legal team tried to have the case thrown out on the grounds that he thought the item – known as a Kubotan – was just a key ring and in no way a weapon.
But a Sheriff ruled there was a case to answer and expert witnesses were called to explain the difference.
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