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Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 'eco-terrorist' jailed over homemade 'bomb'

A self-proclaimed eco-terrorist who sparked a major alert after planting a homemade "bomb" in a city centre public garden was today jailed for eight years and four months.

Former Greek serviceman Nikolaos Karvounakis left the device in a shelter at Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh with a message inside stating : "F*** You All".

Advocate depute Angela Gray told the High Court in Edinburgh: "The device was later established to contain the component parts of a potentially viable device."

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