'Machete man' panic attack leads to arrest demand
A MILFORD man who failed to attend court after suffering a panic attack has had his arrest and detention ordered by a Judge.
Ivor Clarkson-Denbigh, aged 52, had been due to appear at Swansea crown court today (Friday) to enter a plea to a charge of possessing a machete on the town's Mount Estate.
Clarkson-Denbigh, of Larch Road, sent a message saying he could not attend following a panic attack.
The judge, Mr Recorder Nicholas Gareth Jones issued an order for his arrest coupled with an instruction to police to keep him in custody until he could be produced at court.
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