{"id":4343,"date":"2026-06-02T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/peter-kay-bomb-hoax-accused-starts-undressing-in-court-before-officers-pounce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:33:29","slug":"peter-kay-bomb-hoax-accused-starts-undressing-in-court-before-officers-pounce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/peter-kay-bomb-hoax-accused-starts-undressing-in-court-before-officers-pounce\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Kay &#8216;bomb hoax&#8217; accused starts undressing in court before officers pounce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_ccfe97\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Omar Majed, 19, who is accused of a bomb hoax at a Peter Kay comedy show, had to be removed from a court hearing after he started to undress<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" 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from a crown court hearing after he started to undress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The hearing for Omar Majed, who appeared at Birmingham Crown Court via video-link from HMP Brinsford, was cut short after prison officers removed the defendant from the room when he started to take off his prison-issue grey tracksuit bottoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Andrew Smith KC was trying to address the defendant, who was not arraigned during the hearing due to the need for psychiatric reports, to let him know when he next needed to appear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Smith cut short his remarks to Majed and stated for the court record that prison staff had understandably escorted the defendant out of the video hearing room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A further case management hearing for Majed, of Saltley, Birmingham, who was charged with communicating false information to police contrary to the Criminal Law Act, was set for July 27 and a provisional date for a trial, lasting two weeks, was scheduled for November 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kay, aged 52, was ushered off stage during his show at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on May 1 and the show was cancelled after the evacuation. <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">West Midlands Police<\/a> later said \u201cnothing suspicious was found\u201d during searches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an update on May 2, the force said: \u201cAn evacuation of the arena was ordered yesterday evening after a report of a suspicious bag being left in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFollowing searches, nothing suspicious was found and we are grateful to everyone for their co-operation and understanding. 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