A man who repeatedly stabbed a stranger in a pub was back in court for wielding a large blade in a park months before the attack.
Gareth Parr, 20, of HMP Hindley, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place. Iain Criddle prosecuting, said at around 7pm on March 5, 2022, Constable Matthew Cienciala saw a group of people who he believed were in a fight as they were shouting.
Mr Criddle said: “He also saw a person that turned out to be the defendant standing in the park with his back to officers. He had a curved object in his hand, and that curved object turned out to be a metal scythe.”
