A blind man accused of a firearms offence appeared before Great Yarmouth Magistrates today.

Leslie Nicholls, 49, of Brasenose Avenue, Gorleston, wore a black suit and walked with a stick to the front of the dock.

He did not enter a plea to a single charge of illegally possessing a firearm.

Nicholls, represented by Anne-Marie Sheridan, was given unconditional bail until a plea and case management hearing at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday, April 22.