More than 200 bladed weapons were confiscated from people entering Edinburgh Sheriff Court in the past year.

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show guns, bullets and 2,000 blades are among the deadly haul of weapons brought into Scottish courts in the last year.

Security staff seized 1,258 bladed items and 815 knives at courthouse checkpoints between April 2024 and March this year.

Edinburgh's Sheriff Court was the second worst affected building in Scotland, with more than 200 bladed weapons and 119 knives found by security staff at checkpoints between April 2024 and March this year.

The data, obtained by our sister title the Daily Record , did not reveal which types of knives were seized or whether the blades were over three inch legal limit for carrying in p

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