A TATTOOED knifeman was sent to prison after he threatened his victim with a blade.

Michael Simpson, aged 40, of Zion Place, Ebbw Vale was jailed for a year by Judge Michael Fitton QC following the terrifying incident.

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The defendant admitted threatening a person with a blade or sharply pointed article in the Blaenau Gwent town on September 16, 2019.

He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Simpson will have to pay a victim surcharge upon his release from custody.