Judge Graham Robinson issued the bench warrant not backed with bail for the arrest of defendant Ayrton Glendenning. He was bailed at Durham Crown Court on June 22 after admitting a charge of burglary of a house in Arthur Street, Crook, in which keys to a van were stolen, on Saturday, May 23. Read next ... more court stories from The Northern Echo, by clicking hereJudge Nathan Adams adjourned the case on June 22 to allow the Probation Service to prepare a background report on Glendenning prior to the scheduled sentencing hearing on Friday (July 24). The defendant was bailed on condition that he did not enter Crook or contact the victim of the burglary. But after his unexplained absence at the court for the sentencing hearing, Judge Graham Robinson issued the bench warrant for the arrest of Glendenning, not backed with bail