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Stewart Jackson Fishponds car bomb hoaxer jailed for 20 months | |
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A man who admitted a bomb hoax in Bristol after he doused a car in fuel has been sent to prison for 20 months. | A man who admitted a bomb hoax in Bristol after he doused a car in fuel has been sent to prison for 20 months. |
More than 450 homes in the Cassell Road area of Fishponds were evacuated in May when the area around the BMW was sealed off. | |
Stewart Jackson, 42, from Emersons Green, appeared at Bristol Crown Court from custody, for sentencing. | Stewart Jackson, 42, from Emersons Green, appeared at Bristol Crown Court from custody, for sentencing. |
At a previous appearance Jackson pleaded guilty to damaging property and placing a hoax bomb. | At a previous appearance Jackson pleaded guilty to damaging property and placing a hoax bomb. |
Supt Richard Cadden said: "Jackson staged this bomb hoax as part of an ongoing dispute with another man. | |
"He hoped his actions would cause fear and disruption to the victim and his family." | |
Jackson was out with friends in Bristol on 30 May when he referred to the dispute and said he "knew how to make a bomb". | |
Later that night he flagged down a taxi near the Blackhorse garage, asking to go to Easton. | |
He asked the driver to stop at the Shell garage in Muller Road, Eastville, where he is seen on CCTV footage buying a petrol can and filling it with fuel. | |
He then asked to be taken to Staple Hill and was dropped off a short distance from Cassell Road. | |
Just before 04:00 GMT a man speaking in a French accent made a 999 call to police from a phonebox in City Road. | |
The caller said a car had been doused in petrol and had an explosive device attached to it. | |
"During a search of Cassell Road, a black pouring hose was found lying on top of bushes, which was forensically tested and was found to have Jackson's DNA on," said Supt Cadden. | |
"We also recovered CCTV showing Jackson buying the petrol can and fuel from a petrol station." |
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