A WARRANT has been issued after a man charged with the possession of an axe in Skipton failed to appear at court.

Rocky Gordon Parker, 33, is charged with the possession of the axe at Aireville Park without good reason or lawful authority on May 12. He is also charged with the possession of a lock knife at the same time and place, and with failing to surrender to custody at Harrogate Police Station on June 26.

A warrant without bail was issued after Parker, of Barkston Grove, York, failed to appear at Skipton Magistrates' Court.