article_snippet: Bafta-award winning director Adam Deacon has missed a court date after being sectioned under the Mental Health Actthe Mental Health Act.
article_snippet: Deacon, who shot to fame in the gritty film Kidulthood, did not appear at Thames Magistrates Court this morning because a man armed with a 'machete'-style knife who was said to be threatening members of the public in Bethnal Green was too unwell after being sectioned under the Mental Health Actthe Mental Health Act, Thames Magistrates Court heard.
article_snippet: Deacon, is also due to stand trial at Hammersmith Magistrates Court on May 11, accused of harassing fellow actor Noel Clarke on social media.
article_snippet: Deacon was arrested back in January after failing to appear in court to face the harassment charge.
highlights_snippet: Actor and director Adam Deacon did not appear at a court hearing today .
  
highlights_snippet: director Adam Deacon is unwell and was sectioned under Mental Health Act, court heard .