A thief today admitted stabbing an Asda security guard along with an offence of threatening someone with a hypodermic needle.
Aaron Smith pleaded guilty to a catalogue of crimes at Liverpool Crown Court including the knifing of the supermarket employee on April 20 in Bootle.
Emergency services were called to Strand Road at around 6.50pm following reports a man had been attacked.
On arrival a security guard was found to have suffered superficial stab wounds to his leg and arm.
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He was treated at the scene by the ambulance service before being taken to hospital.
This afternoon, Smith appeared on a video-link from Liverpool Prison.
He pleaded guilty to thefts of meat, stealing alcohol, threatening a person with a blade, wounding with intent and going equipped for theft.
The offences took place between January 18 and April 20 - a three-month period.
Some of the crimes happened in Bootle, Thornton and Litherland.
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A Victim Impact Statement, completed by security guard Mark Roberts will be read out in public when Smith, of Ford Lane in Litherland, is sentenced.
Judge Menary, QC, the Recorder of Liverpool, told him: "We are adjourning this case so probation can complete a report which is limited to an assessment of the risk you present in the future and whether the court should make a determination of dangerousness."
Smith has a criminal record for a previous robbery offence.
He ordered Smith to appear in the dock for his sentencing.
That will take place in early June.
After the wounding, a spokesperson for Asda said: "We take the safety of our customers and colleagues very seriously and are currently assisting police with their enquiries.”
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