A 22-year-old Yarmouth man appeared before the town's magistrates yesterday to admit possessing crack cocaine in a park and having a knife on the seafront.

A 22-year-old Yarmouth man appeared before the town's magistrates yesterday to admit possessing crack cocaine in a park and having a knife on the seafront.

Liam Dawson, of Mariners Road, pleaded guilty to having �20 of crack cocaine in St George's Park on Wednesday and possessing a small kitchen knife on Marine Parade on September 14.

Magistrates remanded him into custody until October 8 for his sentencing.