A man has admitted brandishing a saw in a Sale pub.

Andrew Steven Dicken, 37, of Chapel Road, Sale, appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with affray.

Dicken pleaded guilty to the offence, where police say at around 12.45am on Saturday, February 9 he threatened members of the public with a petrol-powered saw in the Bulls Head pub on Cross Street.

He was remanded to appear at Manchester Crown Square on March 11.