A BLAIRHALL man has admitted he was in possession of an offensive weapon in public.

Greg McCubbin, 28, of Houldsworth Street, submitted a guilty plea by letter to Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He admitted that on April 29 at his home and elsewhere, he had with him an offensive weapon, a knuckleduster.

Sheriff Alastair Brown called for reports and McCubbin will be sentenced on February 10.