Craig Cooke: Man caught with homemade bombs in Huyton jailed Published duration 28 October 2016

image copyright Merseyside Police image caption Cooke was arrested after he was spotted acting suspiciously by a member of the public

A man who went to a love interest's home armed with two Molotov cocktails and a knife has been jailed.

Craig Cooke was arrested in Huyton, Merseyside, on 15 December 2015.

The 24-year-old claimed he had intended to use the homemade bombs to "scare" a man who rejected his advances after they met online, prosecutors said.

Cooke, of Hartsbourne Avenue in Belle Vale, admitted making and possessing an explosive and possession of a bladed article at Liverpool Crown Court.

He was jailed for three years four months on Thursday.

image copyright Merseyside Police image caption Cooke was found with a knife in his rucksack

After the sentencing, Det Con Ian Young said "a quick-thinking member of the public" had alerted police to Cooke "acting in a suspicious manner", and he was arrested at the scene".

"We don't know what would have happened that night if Cooke hadn't been detained," he said.

"Thankfully, no-one was injured and this man has now been taken from our streets."