A hoax caller has been jailed after making bomb threats to St Pancras station, the Ritz and other London landmarks.
Paul Fisher, of St Peters Path in Oadby, Leicestershire, made calls to numerous police forces on May 5, claiming that he planted bombs across England.
Three calls were made to the Metropolitan Police stating that he planted bombs at Heathrow Airport, St Pancras and Scotland Yard.
He also made a call to Leicestershire Police stations that there was a bomb the Ritz.
Another call was made to West Midlands Police claiming there was a bomb at Birmingham Airport.
Lincolnshire Police received two calls from Fisher, in which eh stated he planned to blow up pubs in Boston and Lincoln.
Another call was made to Humberside Police station in Hull.
The 61-year-old pleaded guilty to eight counts of a bomb hoax, communicating false information, when he appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on May 7.
Fisher also pleaded guilty to three counts of causing wasteful employment of police, concerning calls made to Leicestershire Police on April 13 and May 5.
He also admitted to one count of threatening to destroy or damage property after a call as made to Leicestershire Police and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue on April 3.
On Monday (August 11), Fisher was sentenced to five years and two months’ imprisonment.
Detective Constable Kevin Sharkey, the officer in the case, said: “When calls of this nature are made, police rightly treat them as a legitimate concern until it can be determined there’s no credible threat or risk of life to the public.
“The impact hoax calls can have on the emergency services, businesses and the public are vast. Such mindless actions interrupt our infrastructure and end up costing significant amounts of money.
“I’m pleased Fisher now has to face the consequences of his actions and hope today’s outcome serves as a serious deterrent to anyone who thinks his behaviour was in any way acceptable.”