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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Suspect named after 'road-rage driver brandished meat cleaver'

A man has been charged after a driver reportedly brandished a meat cleaver during a road rage incident.

Merseyside Police confirmed they have charged a man on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, criminal damage and driving offences following an incident in Wirral earlier this week. On Tuesday, April 4 Merseyside Police stopped a van on Rainford Road and the driver was arrested.

The force added that the motorist was arrested and their vehicle was seized. In their tweet, sent at 10:41pm on Tuesday (April 4), Merseyside Police wrote: "This vehicle was stopped on Rainford Road after it had been involved in a road rage incident earlier in the day when the driver brandished a meat cleaver.

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