A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to carrying a Samurai sword and imitation revolver in public.

Appearing  at St Helens Magistrates’ Court, Nicola Lawley, 32, from Carnegie Crescent in Sutton, admitted the offences of having the offensive weapon and fake gun.

The offences date back to Saturday, January 4 when she was carrying the sword and gun on Watery Lane in Sutton.

She is due back before magistrates on Tuesday, March 18.