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Charge over 2nd airport bomb hoax in 2 weeks

By Bristol24/7  Tuesday Sep 1, 2015

A man has been charged with a bomb hoax at Bristol Airport at the weekend.

Robert Boyd-Stevenson, 38, of Headford Road in Knowle West, has been charged with communicating false information with regards to a “security threat” to the airport on Saturday, August 29.

It was the second bomb hoax to have been made at the airport in two weeks, following a threat which closed the airport for six hours on the previous Saturday.

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The airport remained open on Saturday while “normal contingency plans” were carried out.

Stevenson is due to appear before Weston-super-Mare Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

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