Wigan man was armed with three knives and a bottle

A Wigan man has appeared before Wigan magistrates to admit being armed with knives and a bottle.
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Anthony Sharrock, 27, of Gantley Avenue, Billinge, appeared in the dock to admit being armed with two lock knives, a wallet knife and a bottle when police stopped him on Winstanley Road on May 18.

He also admitted assaulting a police officer on the same occasion and refusing to give a breath specimen the next day when suspected of drink-driving. He was bailed until sentence by a Bolton judge on June 16.

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