Manufacturing Industry
Sentence given to teenage bomb hoaxer halved by appeal court
Airline Industry Information, May 8, 2002
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
The Court of Appeal has halved a two-year sentence given to a teenager who made a hoax bomb threat to London's Heathrow Airport just four days after the 11 September terrorist attacks.
The teenager, who is now 19, prompted a major security alert that could have resulted in the closure of the airport, after he telephoned an exchange operator at the airport and said: "There's a bomb at Heathrow Airport. You've got exactly one hour." Security staff at the airport immediately carried out a risk assessment, but decided not to close the airport.
The 19-year-old was originally sentenced to two years' detention in a young offenders' institution by a judge at Merthyr Crown Court in November 2001. However, lawyers for the Russian-born teenager appealed the length of the sentence.
Three judges in the Court of Appeal decided to reduce the sentence, citing the boy's "extraordinary background", his remorse, good character and guilty plea, reported The Associated Press.
((Comments on this story may be sent to aii.feedback@m2.com))
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
Content provided in partnership with
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Using object-oriented analysis and design over traditional structured analysis and design
Presented by American Express