A court date has been set for a Penzance man over a gun charge.

Craig Price, 33, of Penalverne Crescent, Penzance, is to appear at Truro Crown Court on January 30 after entering no plea at Truro Magistrates’ Court to a charge involving possession of a revolver on August 20.

It is alleged he had the blank firing Webley Magnum six shot revolver with intent to cause any person to believe that unlawful violence would be used against him or another, at Penzance.

The hearing on January 30 is preliminary.