Man admits 5 charges including cannabis and push dagger in St Helens
Daniel Wilcock, 31, pleaded guilty to five charges including cannabis possession and possession of a push dagger from offences in St Helens and Sefton on August 25. He was due to be sentenced at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates’ Court on November 3 after an adjournment for a pre-sentence report.
🇬🇧 St Helens, Merseyside · United Kingdom
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A man was due to be sentenced for offences including possessing a push dagger
and possession of cannabis.[1] Daniel Wilcock, of Summerdale Close,
Ashton-in-Makerfield, was due to appear before Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens
Magistrates’ Court on November 3.[1] Wilcock, 31, pleaded guilty to five
charges during a previous hearing on September 22.[1] The case was adjourned
until November 3 for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.[1]
The court was due to decide the sentence at proceedings listed for Tuesday,
November 3.[1] The five admitted charges arose from offences that happened on
August 25 this year in St Helens and Sefton.[1] He was also accused of
possessing a quantity of cannabis, a Class B controlled drug, in St Helens.[1]
A push dagger was found in his possession in a public place, according to the
charge.[1] Court documents state he failed to provide a blood specimen for
analysis in Sefton.[1] He also admitted driving a Fiat Panda on Kirkstone
Avenue without a licence and without third-party insurance.[1]
No figure for the quantity of cannabis possessed was published.
The article is a pre-hearing preview published on 3 November 2026; the sentence itself had not been imposed or reported at publication, so the court outcome is unknown.
Only one accessible source for this case was opened; a second report could not be opened.
The page image is captioned only as the magistrates' court and does not depict this seizure, arrest or defendant, so no media entry is listed.
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