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Cornwall man charged with UK and US bomb threat hoaxes | Cornwall man charged with UK and US bomb threat hoaxes |
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A man has appeared in court charged with a series of hoax bomb threats made to schools, the Houses of Parliament and the Super Bowl. | |
Andreas Dowling, 23, is accused of 20 bomb hoaxes in the UK, 10 in the US and one in Canada between 2014 and 2016. | |
Mr Dowling, of Carew Terrace, Torpoint in Cornwall, did not enter any pleas at Exeter Magistrates' Court. | |
He was remanded in custody to appear at Exeter Crown Court on 25 July. | |
He was also charged with one count of encouraging the distribution of an indecent image of a child. | |
The charges in the UK concern alleged hoax bomb threats to schools across England and the Houses of Parliament made between 19 January and 8 February 2016. | |
Mr Dowling is also accused of making threats to US schools and police departments, the Super Bowl and a Canadian school between 10 October 2014 and 1 February 2015. |
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