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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 been charged with making hoax bomb threats to schools, the Houses of Parliament and the Super Bowl. 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, of Torpoint, Cornwall, faces more than 30 counts of hoax bomb threats in England, the United States and Canada. Andreas Dowling, 23, is accused of 20 bomb hoaxes in the UK, 10 in the US and one in Canada between 2014 and 2016.
He is also accused of encouraging the distribution of an indecent image of a child. Mr Dowling, of Carew Terrace, Torpoint in Cornwall, did not enter any pleas at Exeter Magistrates' Court.
Mr Dowling was arrested on Tuesday and will appear at Exeter Magistrates' Court later. He was remanded in custody to appear at Exeter Crown Court on 25 July.
Police said he had been charged with 20 counts of threats to schools across England and to the Houses of Parliament between 19 January and 8 February 2016. He was also charged with one count of encouraging the distribution of an indecent image of a child.
There are a further 11 charges relating to hoax bomb threats to US schools and police departments, the Super Bowl and a Canadian school between 10 October 2014 and 1 February 2015. 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.
The investigation was led by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South West who said they were satisfied the alleged threats were not terror-related. 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.