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'I'm not running because I've just slashed someone' - Man denies threatening to knife dog and wounding owner

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For the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here A man accused of threatening to 'cut' a dog before slashing her owner says he ran away from police because he had been smoking cannabis, a court has heard.

Jurors have retired to consider their verdicts in the trial of Christopher Anthony Howe, who stands accused of wounding Reddish man Paul Norton in the arm and face with a knife in Reddish Vale Country Park.

Mr Howe, of no fixed abode, later ran from police after being approached in the park - even wading through a river to escape officers.

The 33-year-old was photographed running by Hayley Gibson, who was in the park with her family and later submitted the image to police.

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