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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 28-year-old man, accused of repeatedly feigning illness and unconsciousness at Perth Royal Infirmary’s Accident and Emergency Department.

Vincent Parkes, previously of Easterton Farm, Blackford, was to have attended a preliminary hearing at Perth Sheriff Court on April 5 but he failed to turn up.

He previously denied three charges when he initially appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and trial had been scheduled for April 20.

It is alleged that on October 27, at the Niblick Pub and at Crown Inn Wynd, Auchterarder, as well as during a journey between there and Perth Police HQ, he argued with bar customers and, when escorted outside, repeatedly shouted and swore.

He is also said to have made false allegations of robbery and, when being assisted by police in their vehicle, he repeatedly banged his head against the interior.

He is further accused of placing a plastic card against his throat and threatening to cut himself with it.

A second charge alleges that he resisted four police officers at Crown Inn Wynd by tensing his arms, attempting to break free, resisting the application of handcuffs and thereafter making himself a“dead weight”and planting his feet on the ground, preventing officers placing him in their vehicle.

Parkes is also accused of shouting and swearing at police, staff and members of the public at the Perth hospital and aggressively demanding urgent medical treatment.

An an earlier court hearing, Parkes’ new address was given as Cockerton Close, Northwich, Cheshire.