A MAN accused of possessing a knife in a hospital car park on two separate occasions is to appear at magistrates' court.

The alleged offences by Karl Oliver, 56, were committed at Westmorland General Hospital.

It is said Oliver, of Underbarrow, near Kendal, had a locking knife with him in the hospital's car park on August 14, 2020.

It is alleged that, in the same location and on November 3, 2020, he had a Stanley knife with him.

Oliver is to appear at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court in Barrow on Wednesday.