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| Amanda Pinder jailed for Sheffield hoax bomb threat | Amanda Pinder jailed for Sheffield hoax bomb threat |
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| A woman who threatened to blow up every police station in Sheffield in a series of hoax calls has been jailed. | A woman who threatened to blow up every police station in Sheffield in a series of hoax calls has been jailed. |
| Amanda Pinder, 33, made the threats to South Yorkshire Police four days after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. | Amanda Pinder, 33, made the threats to South Yorkshire Police four days after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. |
| In one call she said: "I'm going to blow the lot of you up. You'll all die." | |
| Pinder, of Norfolk Park, Sheffield, admitted four counts of communicating false information. She was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for four years. | Pinder, of Norfolk Park, Sheffield, admitted four counts of communicating false information. She was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for four years. |
| The court heard Pinder made four calls and sent one text message to police between 19 and 20 April, while Sheffield was hosting the World Snooker Championship. | The court heard Pinder made four calls and sent one text message to police between 19 and 20 April, while Sheffield was hosting the World Snooker Championship. |
| In one call she said: "I'm going to set a bomb off at Attercliffe, Bridge Street and Moss Way. I'm going to blow the lot of you up. You'll all die." | In one call she said: "I'm going to set a bomb off at Attercliffe, Bridge Street and Moss Way. I'm going to blow the lot of you up. You'll all die." |
| In a second call she told the call handler: "If I could get down this phone I would slit your throat." | In a second call she told the call handler: "If I could get down this phone I would slit your throat." |
| 'Considerable concern and fear' | 'Considerable concern and fear' |
| She went on to claim she had placed bombs in every police station in Sheffield and also in the homes and cars of police officers. | She went on to claim she had placed bombs in every police station in Sheffield and also in the homes and cars of police officers. |
| Pinder named herself in one of the calls and was arrested on 21 April. | Pinder named herself in one of the calls and was arrested on 21 April. |
| Prosecutor James Baird said: "These calls caused considerable concern and fear within the emergency services." | Prosecutor James Baird said: "These calls caused considerable concern and fear within the emergency services." |
| He said the timing of the calls meant police were "concerned about the safety of the public". | He said the timing of the calls meant police were "concerned about the safety of the public". |
| Defence counsel Katherine Goddard said her client was "deeply troubled" and suffered from "long standing, significant mental health problems". | |
| She added: "When asked if she knew where Boston was she had no idea let alone that there had been such a significant event four days before." | |
| Judge Robert Moore rejected the claim, saying: "You would have to be a hermit who had neither a television nor a radio not to know of the Boston bombing." | |
| Pinder, who has previous convictions for making nuisance calls, pleaded guilty in February. |