Man jailed in New York for hoax bomb threats to UK hospitals and venues

David Hart, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to one year in jail in New York for making 95 hoax bomb threats to various locations in the UK between late October and mid-November 2023. The targets included seven hospitals, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, police control rooms, and a cancer support center, primarily in London. Hart would call and claim to have planted a bomb, sometimes providing details about its construction and location. The threats prompted security searches and, in one instance, a hospital lockdown, despite some recipients doubting their authenticity. Hart was prosecuted in the US after a joint investigation by Scotland Yard and the US Department for Homeland Security. The court determined that Hart intended for the calls to be received as genuine threats.

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