A MAN has been charged after a report was made of a suspect carrying a bladed article on the Metrolink.

Patrick O’Brien, 39, of no fixed abode, has been charged with one count of possession of a bladed article, one count of possession of an offensive weapon, one count of section 4 and one count of section 5 of the Public Order Act.

He has been remanded in custody and due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court today, Wednesday.

At around 12.30pm on Saturday police received a report of a man acting suspiciously on a Metrolink service at Victoria Station.

The man is believed to also have been verbally abusive to a woman on the tram.

The man is understood to have been sighted an hour later in Prestwich with a bladed article.

Following a media appeal, a 39-year-old man contacted police about the incidents and was later arrested.