POLICE are hunting the twin brother of a teenager killed fighting for islamist militants in Syria after he failed to attend court.

Abdul Deghayes, 21, of Chadborn Close, Brighton, did not turn up to his sentencing for affray at Brighton Crown Court yesterday.

Deghayes has already admitted that he and three other men used violence or threatened shopkeeper Amir Mahrouyan with unlawful violence in Preston Street, Brighton, in April last year.

His mother, Inas Abulsayen, who appeared before the judge yesterday, said he felt “scared” of the proceedings, adding that she didn’t know where her son currently was.

She said: “I have spoken to him previously about this and I just want him to come to court to get this finished.”

Judge David Rennie issued a warrant for his arrest with no offer of bail.

He said that this was the only option to see Deghayes appear in court to be sentenced for the offence, to which he had pleaded guilty on March 29.

Deghayes’ barrister, Harry MacDonald, previously said in mitigation that although his client had breached bail before turning up to court in March, he had appeared reasonably soon after to plead guilty.

Mr MacDonald also said at the time that Deghayes had “surrendered voluntarily” even though a warrant had been issued for his arrest, and he pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.

Another man Oliver Pierce, 25, formerly of Hallett Road, Brighton, pleaded guilty to his part in the offence.

Two other men who were with Pierce and Deghayes have already admitted affray and were given suspended prison sentences at Brighton Magistrates’ Court.

Layton Richards, 22, of High Street, Brighton, was given a 26-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months.

He was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work over 12 months and pay £250 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

Jack Barry, 22, of Great Harry Drive, Eltham, London, was given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and a six-week curfew with an electronic tag.

At least one of the four men was said to have threatened to damage Mr Mahrouyan’s shop.

In 2015 Deghayes was found guilty of being in possession of the drug MDMA after being refused entry to the Shakedown Festival in Waterhall, Brighton, for being drunk and disorderly.

He was fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £85 after being found with a small quantity of the class A drug on him.

The court was previously told that the teenager had had a “difficult time” after the deaths of his two brothers.

His twin brother Abdullah was killed fighting in Syria in April 2014 followed by his younger brother Jaffa, 17, who was killed in October 2014.