In an alarming incident that occurred at the Merseyside caravan site, Riverside Caravan Park, a man named Stephen Perry was arrested after threatening the caravan site manager with bodily harm.
Perry had threatened two women who were staying at the caravan park on 25 August and had later proceeded to hack down a tree with a two-foot machete, a local court heard.
The two women then notified the park manager, who confronted Perry and asked him to hand over the machete.
It is at this point that Perry threatened to chop the manager’s head off.
Furthermore, when the police arrived after the altercation, a disturbing number of weapons were yielded, following a search of Perry’s caravan.
These included a loaded sawn-off shotgun, a crossbow, some shotgun cartridges, three .38 revolver bullets and three 9mm blanks converted to fire a “metal missile”.
Although Perry initially told the police that he had bought the shotgun, he later claimed that it was not his possession.
Eventually, he pleaded guilty to affray, possession of an illegal firearm along with a bladed weapon as well as possession of illegal ammunition.
Judge Goldstone questioned Perry’s actions and said: “Why a man of your age should have such weapons is quite beyond me”. He decreed that Perry was to be jailed for six years.
