A 39-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded not guilty to possession of a knife on the St Helens Linkway.

Tibor Laszlo Poka, of Sutton Heath Road, Sutton Heath appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (March 7).

He is accused of having a lock knife on him on the Linkway on January 21.

Poka denied the offence and has been granted unconditional bail until he next appears at Wirral Magistrates' Court on Monday, April 30.