Police have charged a man who reported to be carrying a bladed weapon near a primary school in the Tyldesley area on Friday afternoon.
Anthony Hughes aged 46of Darlington Street, Tyldesley, has been charged by local neighbourhood officers with single counts of possession of a bladed article and affray, and has been remanded in custody ahead of an appearance before Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court tomorrow
Police have thanked the brave actions of the members of the public who detained him prior to his arrest by police, after reports of a man with a bladed weapon close to the school grounds of a primary school on Darlington Street.
The school was put on lockdown when the incident happened on Friday afternoon
