Police hunting 27-year-old who failed to appear at court in connection with 2015 sexual assault case

Police are hunting a man who failed to appear at court in connection with an allegation of sexual assault in September 2015.

A warrant has now been issued for the arrest of Haroon Zarzai, 27.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "We are asking anyone who sees Zarzai, or has information regarding his whereabouts, to please call us on 101 using incident number 16000121297."

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