An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Celtic footballer after he failed to seem in court docket for sentencing.
Anthony Stokes, 34, was resulting from seem at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom on Friday after he admitted stalking his ex-girlfriend.
The Irish striker was banned from contacting his former companion and her mom for 4 years in September 2019 and was handed four-year non-harassment orders after he admitted stalking.
On the time, sentencing was deferred for Stokes to be of excellent behaviour.
However the footballer later admitted breaching the non-harassment orders by repeatedly sending emails and texts to his former girlfriend and repeatedly calling her mom in November and December 2019.
He additionally admitted inflicting his ex-partner worry or alarm by repeatedly sending her messages between November 16 and December 3, 2019 by which he did “swear and utter offensive remarks”, and by repeatedly telephoning her mother and father to “utter inappropriate and offensive remarks” about her.
Stokes was resulting from be sentenced final month however was unable to attend as he had contracted Covid-19.
Following his failure to seem in court docket on Friday, Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen ordered a warrant for his arrest within the transient listening to.
Stokes was capped internationally for Eire 9 instances throughout his profession and performed for a bunch of groups together with Hibernian and Sunderland.