A trial has been set for 2027
Police outside the Stop and Shop Premier store on Wallasey Road, Liscard on Boxing Day 2025.(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A shopkeeper has pleaded not guilty to three charges against him following a report a man was stabbed inside his shop. A trial has been set for next year.
Merseyside Police previously said on December 26, 2025 just after 2.35pm, it received a report that a man had been stabbed inside a convenience shop on Wallasey Road. Liverpool Crown Court heard the incident took place at the Liscard Stop and Shop in the Wirral town centre.
Police also said previously the man who sustained stab wounds to his chest and head was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Following enquiries, Denisventhan Jeyakumar, 35, of Conwy Drive, Liverpool, was charged with possessing a knife in a public place and section 18 wounding.
Three men from Liverpool aged 59, 38 and 26 were also arrested on suspicion of section 18 wounding with intent and have been bailed with conditions.
Jeyakumar appeared in Liverpool Crown Court this morning (January 26) where he pleaded not guilty to three charges.
He has been charged with section 18 wounding with intent, unlawful wounding, and possessing a knife or sharp pointed article in a public place.
He has since been bailed with conditions. A four-day trial has been set for the week beginning January 25, 2027.
Liscard Stop and Shop is a Premier store based at 3-4 Coronation Buildings on Wallasey Road in Liscard. The business has just had its licence revoked following a review by the council.
An application had been made by Merseyside Police to review the licence with a decision made at a committee meeting on January 23. The shop had previously had its licence suspended on December 31 as an interim measure.
At the meeting where the public and press were excluded, the council said councillors decided to revoke the licence and keep the suspension in place.
The Liscard Stop and Shop had a licence to sell alcohol 24 hours a day seven days a week and be open for this time.
A report published ahead of the meeting said: “Merseyside Police have applied to review the premises licence held by Mr Jeyakumar Denisventhan by way of a summary review.
“The application made by Merseyside Police has been submitted due to the premises being associated with serious violent disorder.”
At the meeting held on December 31, councillors considered “whether interim steps should be taken following receipt of the application received from Merseyside Police”.
They “deemed it necessary and appropriate” to suspend the licence in order to “prevent serious violent disorder occurring at the premises”.