A mentally-ill man from a Sunni Muslim family should not fast during Ramadan, a judge has ruled after a hearing in a specialist court.

Mr Justice Cobb has also concluded that the man, who is in his 30s but has the mental age of a three-year-old, should not have his pubic and underarm hair trimmed in accordance with Islamic practice.

He had considered issues relating to the man's observance of Muslim customs at a hearing in the Court of Protection, where judges make rulings relating to people who do not have the mental capacity to take decisions, in Leeds, and has announced his conclusions in a ruling.

The judge said the man, who was born in Pakistan but had grown up in West Yorkshire, could not be identified.

He said the man had a profound learning disability and lived in specialist accommodation provided by a council.

Mr Justice Cobb said he had been asked to decide whether fasting and hair trimming were in the man's best interests.

He indicated that everyone involved in the man's care felt that fasting would not be a good idea.

But the man's father had thought that he should have his hair trimmed.