A man asked his uncle to take him to France and admitted to doing 'something stupid' after stabbing his rival with a 12-inch chopping knife. Steven Arnold, 23, stabbed Jack Williams inside his white Vauxhall Corsa three times in the leg at around 7.35am on May 15, on Jubits Lane, St Helens.
He then fled the scene and went to visit his relative, pleading with him: "Take me to France, I've done something stupid and I'm going to jail." Instead, his uncle drove him to St Helens police station and turned him in to police officers at the scene of the crime.
Arnold, of Catterall Avenue, Sutton Leach, pleaded guilty to one count of s18 wounding and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place at Liverpool Crown Court today. Rebecca Smith, defending, said: "Unfortunately the events of the early hours of May 15 completely snowballed out of control and led to Steven Arnold to behave in a way he's certainly not proud of."
