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| Newcastle University student Vladimir Aust jailed for bomb scare | |
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| A 19-year-old Russian student who sparked a major scare after making explosives in his room has been jailed. | |
| Vladimir Aust was arrested in London after a highly-explosive chemical was found in his room in June, prompting Newcastle University's campus to be evacuated. | |
| He was arrested under anti-terrorism provisions, but Newcastle Crown Court heard those no longer applied. | He was arrested under anti-terrorism provisions, but Newcastle Crown Court heard those no longer applied. |
| Aust admitted making an explosive substance and was jailed for two years. | Aust admitted making an explosive substance and was jailed for two years. |
| The hearing was told bomb disposal officers used a robot to recover the chemical hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) - a substance too volatile for military or commercial use. | |
| The chemical was destroyed in a controlled explosion on Newcastle's Town Moor. | |
| Aust was arrested by police outside the Russian Consulate. | |
| The court heard the teenager was fascinated by the military, weapons and pyrotechnics. | |
| He caused a number of explosions in his room and the communal kitchen area in his hall of residence earlier in the year using ingredients which he bought online. | |
| The judge told Aust he knew the substance was dangerous and said he would have posed a further risk had he not been stopped. |