Warrant for disgraced bank boss

'CRYSTAL METHODIST' MINISTER FAILED TO TURN UP AT COURT FOR FRAUD SENTENCING

- KIM PILLING

AN ARREST warrant has been issued for disgraced former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers after he failed to appear at court for his fraud sentencing.

Flowers, 74, pleaded guilty to a catalogue of fraud, amounting to nearly £100,000, when he abused his position as the executor of the will and holder of power of attorney for a woman named Margaret Jarvis.

Manchester Crown Court heard that Flowers had 'disengaged' with his legal team, although a solicitor had contacted him to explain the consequences of not attending court.

Judge Nicholas Dean KC, the Honorary Recorder of Manchester, issued a warrant not backed for bail.