An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged with having a large knife on a busy Norwich street. 

Scott Moodie failed to appear before Norwich Magistrates Court to answer charges that he was found with a serrated blade on Earlham Road on April 21 this year. 

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The 36-year-old, whose address was given as Shepherd’s Bush in London, has yet to enter a plea.

Magistrates issued a warrant without bail seeking his immediate arrest to attend court.