Church bomb hoaxer jailed for 12 months; COURT.A MAN who claimed to have planted bombs in Catholic buildings was jailed yesterday. Paul O'Brien, 37, dialled 999 on July 4 this year - three days before the anniversary of the July 7 bombings in London. Durham crown court heard he told the operator: "Hello. My name is Abdullah. I have planted bombs in Catholic facilities in Newton Aycliffe Coordinates: Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England. It has a population of 29,000 people (source: Greate Aycliffe Town Council, 2007). . You have 15 minutes to find them. Bye." O'Brien, who used a public payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt in the town where he lives in Co Durham, earlier admitted making hoax Hoax Balloon Hoax, The news story in 1844, reporting the transatlantic crossing of a balloon with eight passengers. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe] Piltdown man missing link turned out to be orangutan. [Br. Hist. bomb threats. The hoax resulted in searches at two churches. The court heard O'Brien was due to attend a christening on the day at St Joseph's but had broken up with his girlfriend. The search delayed the ceremony. Defence Robert Mochrie said he was suffering from depression at the time. Judge Michael Cartlidge jailed him for a year. |
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