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yorklass74
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 Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject: Hoax |
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POLICE have blamed a "drunken idiot" for making a hoax bomb threat that delayed a York City match.
Officers received a phone call at 1pm, two hours before Saturday's game against Bristol City kicked off.
The caller claimed there was a bomb at KitKat Crescent, but left no specific information. The stadium was cordoned off for one-and-a-half hours while it was thoroughly searched by officers already on duty at the ground.
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Nothing was found, and the match went ahead at 3.15pm, a quarter of an hour late. Investigators managed to trace the call to a public telephone in Exhibition Square, but the phone itself is not covered by CCTV cameras. They have also been replaying a tape of the hoax call in case the voice is identifiable.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: "We carried out a complete area search with all the officers who were already at the ground on duty for the football and those who were on public order duty in and around the Bootham area. It appears to have been a drunken idiot."
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Tonys Twostripes
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: Hoax |
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POLICE have blamed a "drunken idiot" for making a hoax bomb threat that delayed a York City match.
Officers received a phone call at 1pm, two hours before Saturday's game against Bristol City kicked off.
The caller claimed there was a bomb at KitKat Crescent, but left no specific information. The stadium was cordoned off for one-and-a-half hours while it was thoroughly searched by officers already on duty at the ground.
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Nothing was found, and the match went ahead at 3.15pm, a quarter of an hour late. Investigators managed to trace the call to a public telephone in Exhibition Square, but the phone itself is not covered by CCTV cameras. They have also been replaying a tape of the hoax call in case the voice is identifiable.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: "We carried out a complete area search with all the officers who were already at the ground on duty for the football and those who were on public order duty in and around the Bootham area. It appears to have been a drunken idiot."
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A long list of suspects then  On a serious note though I hope that this dosen't get added to the Police Bill.
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yorklass74
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Just seen this has also been mentioned in City Chat on the thread of the match so to any of the moderators please feel free to delete this thread!!
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Pathetic Shark
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| Don't ever recall having a 'bomb scare' at BC before. How odd that it should happen right now, at a time when the police are under fire for their exorbitant charges and on a day when they'd grossly overestimated the number of away fans. It's a good job thay were all there, that's all I can say. |
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