A man who turned up at a school armed with an array of weapons has been hauled before the courts.

Police were called to Edgar Wood Academy in Middleton, following report of a man acting suspiciously. The school, which is located off Heywood Old Road, has been closed for the summer holidays for two weeks and reopens in September.

Both Douk Deng, 20, was arrested on August 6, Wednesday, this week after officers were spotted by the school's gates which were cordoned off with a blue tent erected at the scene.

Following a search of his property on Taylor Street, Heywood, he was charged with two counts each of criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, and on school premises, and one count each of possession of a bladed article in a public place, and on a school pre

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