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09/02/2007
Man arrested over series of letter bombs
A 48-year-old man who claimed that he sent one of a series of letter bombs to UK businesses had been arrested.
The man reportedly contacted BBC Radio 2's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' on Thursday, wanting to go on air and confess to sending the bomb to accountancy firm Vantis in Wokingham, Berkshire on Tuesday.
He was not allowed onto the live show and was detained under the Mental Health Act later that afternoon after the police were contacted.
Seven letter bombs have been sent to companies across the UK since mid-January.
Three letters were received on January 18. Orchard Cellmark in Abingdon in Oxfordshire received one and a woman was injured. Forensic Science Service in Chelmsely Wood, Solihull and LGC Forensics in Culham, near Abingdon, received two others but both failed to explode.
There were links between these letters and animal rights extremists. One letter had the name of prominent activist Barry Horne, who died while on a hunger strike in prison in 2001, on the envelope, while another envelope bore the name of another prominent activist who is still living.
This week, a woman was injured when a letter bomb exploded in the Capita building in Victoria Street in central London. The following day, two men suffered blast injuries to their hands and upper body in a letter bomb explosion at the offices of accountancy firm Vantis in Oaklands Business Centre in Wokingham.
On Wednesday, a parcel bomb injured four employees at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency officers in Swansea. It also emerged that day that a 53-year-old man was injured by a letter bomb at his home in Folkestone in Kent on Saturday.
It has also been suggested that an enraged motorist might have been behind the attacks. Capita runs London's congestion charge system, while Vantis is linked to Speed Check Services, which provides digital speed cameras to police.
Police have issued photographs showing one of the devices which was intercepted and did not go off and one of one of the letter bombs which did explode.
(KMcA)
The man reportedly contacted BBC Radio 2's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' on Thursday, wanting to go on air and confess to sending the bomb to accountancy firm Vantis in Wokingham, Berkshire on Tuesday.
He was not allowed onto the live show and was detained under the Mental Health Act later that afternoon after the police were contacted.
Seven letter bombs have been sent to companies across the UK since mid-January.
Three letters were received on January 18. Orchard Cellmark in Abingdon in Oxfordshire received one and a woman was injured. Forensic Science Service in Chelmsely Wood, Solihull and LGC Forensics in Culham, near Abingdon, received two others but both failed to explode.
There were links between these letters and animal rights extremists. One letter had the name of prominent activist Barry Horne, who died while on a hunger strike in prison in 2001, on the envelope, while another envelope bore the name of another prominent activist who is still living.
This week, a woman was injured when a letter bomb exploded in the Capita building in Victoria Street in central London. The following day, two men suffered blast injuries to their hands and upper body in a letter bomb explosion at the offices of accountancy firm Vantis in Oaklands Business Centre in Wokingham.
On Wednesday, a parcel bomb injured four employees at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency officers in Swansea. It also emerged that day that a 53-year-old man was injured by a letter bomb at his home in Folkestone in Kent on Saturday.
It has also been suggested that an enraged motorist might have been behind the attacks. Capita runs London's congestion charge system, while Vantis is linked to Speed Check Services, which provides digital speed cameras to police.
Police have issued photographs showing one of the devices which was intercepted and did not go off and one of one of the letter bombs which did explode.
(KMcA)
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A man has been remanded in custody, charged with the recent series of letter bomb attacks in the UK. Miles Cooper, 27, a primary school caretaker from Cherry Hinton near Cambridge, was arrested on Monday afternoon. He is charged with 12 offences under the Explosives Substances Act and the Offences Against the Person Act.
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Police arrest letter bomb suspect
Police have made an arrest in connection to their inquiries over the spate of letter bombing attacks. The man, who is understood to be in his 20s, was arrested at 3am at a house in Cherry Hinton outside Cambridge. The house has been sealed off by police and is to be searched by forensic officers.
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