A MAN has appeared in court charged with possessing a knife in a Taunton pub.

Police were called to The Perkin Warbeck, East Street, Taunton, at around 5.30pm on Sunday, May 5.

Michael Alex Davis, 36, appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court this morning (Tuesday, May 7).

A spokesman said: "Police were called to a pub in East Street, Taunton, just before 5.30pm on May 5.

"A man has since appeared in court charged with possessing a knife."

He was released on conditional bail pending his appearance at Taunton Crown Court.