A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a man who failed to turn up at court after being accused of stealing garden furniture and razor blades.

Shaun Ryan Freeman, from Spennymoor, in County Durham, was due to appear of Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court yesterday.

The 35-year-old, of Wear Street, is facing three charges, including the theft of garden furniture on June 10, using threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour on June 21 and stealing more than £90 worth of Gillette razor blades from Asda on June 10.

After he failed to attend to court yesterday afternoon, magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest.