- Omar Majed, 19, charged with communicating false information to police, was removed from a crown court hearing after he began to undress during a video-link appearance.
- The hearing at Birmingham Crown Court was cut short by Judge Andrew Smith KC, who noted that prison staff had escorted Majed out of the room.
- Majed was not arraigned, and psychiatric reports are required before his next appearance in court.
- A further case management hearing for Majed, of Saltley, Birmingham, is scheduled for 27 July, with a provisional two-week trial set for 3 November.
- The charges relate to an alleged bomb hoax that forced the evacuation and cancellation of a Peter Kay comedy show at Birmingham's Utilita Arena on 1 May, where West Midlands Police later found nothing suspicious.
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