A number of preliminary hearings in the case were previously aborted when Flowers cited health problems, and in November 2023 another crown court judge issued a similar warrant when Flowers did not appear as scheduled.
A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of disgraced former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers after he failed to appear at court for his fraud sentencing.
Paul Flowers, 74, who pleaded guilty to a catalogue of fraud, amounting to nearly £100,000, did not appear at court.
In July, Flowers, 74, pleaded guilty to a catalogue of fraud, amounting to nearly £100,000, when he abused his position as the executor of the will and holder of power of attorney for a woman named Margaret Jarvis.
Flowers, from Salford, was dubbed the “Crystal Methodist” after the Mail on Sunday published secretly filmed footage of the then-church minister handing over £300 in cash for crystal meth and other drugs in Leeds in November 2013.
