In June it was revealed that daggers, lock-knives, swords and kukris were available at the site - perfectly legally - from as little as £4.
A Courier reporter purchased a seven-inch 'jungle knife' for £6 without having to produce identification or explain what the blade was wanted for.

A loophole in the law makes possession of such items without due course an offence, but not purchase, unless it is by an under-18.

That left police and trading standards officers powerless to intervene, despite criticism from Warwick and Leamington MP James Plaskitt and Stratford district ward councillor Roger Wright (Ind, Wellesbourne) about the ease with which such items could be obtained.

Coun Wright will now meet with market organiser Gary Platt and will implore him to intervene to stop the sale of such items.

He said: "At the end of the day this has to be stopped. I don't think the items serve any purpose at all - their sale is quite grotesque."
But Mr Platt this week denied it is within his remit to ban the blades.
He said: "The law is that the trader can sell them and we have trading standards checks here all the time.

"He's not breaking any rules and so I cannot throw him off - he's not doing anything wrong. He's got all the right licences and signs saying he won't sell to under-18s.

"And funnily enough I was there this weekend and saw him ask two lads for identification. They wanted some 'chuckas but didn't have ID so were refused."

Nunchuckas or Nunch-aku are a martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a length of chain.

Mr Plaskitt has called for "the people in charge" to "refuse a pitch to anyone selling these things".

This week, he said: "My view is that they should not be on sale.
"I know the stall is not breaking the law, but surely the market doesn't base its decision purely on what is legal?"