Peter Kay bomb hoax accused removed from court

A 19-year-old charged over an alleged bomb hoax which led to the evacuation of a show by Peter Kay was removed from a magistrates court due to his outbursts during proceedings on Monday.

Omar Majed, from Birmingham, gave no indication of plea to a charge of communicating false information to police and was remanded in custody at the city's magistrates' court.

The court heard Majed "barged" his way into Birmingham's Utilita Arena without a ticket on Friday and allegedly indicated to a police constable and others that a bomb may have been left at the venue.

Majed, from Saltley, was removed part-way during the hearing. He is due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 1 June.

Thousands of fans had to be evacuated from the premises and alleged hoax had "serious repercussions" at an event with an expected crowd of almost 13,000 people, prosecutor Ros Buttler told the court.

The charge against Majed alleges that he communicated to a police officer and others information, which he knew or believed to be false, that a bomb was present in the arena.

During the short hearing at the court, Majed, of Graham Road, was repeatedly asked to be quiet by District Judge Michelle Smith and asked to continue sitting down.

After protesting that proposed bail conditions for him were "not acceptable" he was taken down to the cells before the end of the hearing.

Kay was removed from the stage about 45 minutes into his set part of his "Better Late Than Never" national tour.

West Midlands Police later said "nothing suspicious was found" during searches of the venue.