A WARRANT has been issued after a man failed to attend court to answer charges of disrupting a service in Winchester Cathedral.

Graham Stephen Blake, 58, is accused of shouting during the service on November 25 that caused the worship to be suspended.

Blake, of no fixed abode, is also accused of obstructing a police constable, threatening behaviour in the same incident and of damaging his cell at Basingstoke Police Station the following day.

The warrant was issued at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Tuesday.