A man caught with two petrol bombs and a kitchen knife in a Huyton street admitted explosive offences.
Police cordoned off an area in Tarbock Road and Marine Crescent after receiving reports of “a man acting suspiciously” on Friday, December 18 last year.
They said a wooded area nearby was also cordoned off to allow officers to search for weapons at around 9pm.
Craig Cooke, 24, of Hartsbourne Avenue, Belle Vale , appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today via video link from HMP Liverpool .
Cooke was charged with making an explosive substance, and having an explosive substance, which the court heard was “two bottles of flammable liquid”.
He also faced an allegation of having an article with a blade in a public place.
Cooke, with short black hair and glasses and wearing a grey sweatshirt, pleaded guilty to all three charges.
Judge Clement Goldstone, QC, said: “The defendant asserts in his police interview that this was constructed in some way just to threaten. The Crown do not accept that.”
The police cordon in the area of Tarbock Road/Marine Crescent in Huyton
Paul Wood, defending, said this line of defence would no longer be contested and that his client would be sentenced on the full facts of the prosecution case.
Mr Wood said his client had Asperger’s syndrome and asked for a psychiatric report to be compiled by an expert in the autism spectrum disorder.
Judge Goldstone agreed to adjourn sentencing until March 24 so this document and a pre-sentence report could be made.
Cooke was remanded in custody.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/