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A man has admitted making explosives and pointing a gun at another man after the bomb squad were called to West Kirby.

Andrew Gosling was arrested after police were called to Victoria Road on September 29 last year when a motorist was threatened with a handgun.

Officers discovered a suspicious device and evacuated people, including elderly residents in a block of flats, from their homes.

Roads including Darmonds Green and Leigh Road were cordoned off before a controlled explosion was carried out by an Explosion Ordnance Disposal unit.

Gosling, 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of making and two counts of possessing explosives during a brief hearing at Liverpool Crown Court today, after earlier admitting possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He also accepted a charge of possessing a separate firearm and possession of ammunition at an earlier hearing.

The charges relate to the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices and “home made ammunition”.

Gosling, whose address was given as Ley Croft in Hatton, Derby, appeared via video-link from HMP Liverpool, were he could be seen leaning on a metal walking aid.

The court heard a psychiatric report, ordered by Judge Alan Conrad, QC, was not yet complete.

Judge Conrad adjourned the case for the medical evidence, and pre-sentence reports, to be prepared.

Gosling will be sentenced on February 16 and was remanded in custody.