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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emily Pennink

Suspected 'home-made bomb' with skull and crossbones sparked lockdown at US embassy in London, court told

Emergency personnel outside the US Embassy in Nine Elms, London -

The US Embassy in London was plunged into lockdown and bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion after a bag containing wires and an iPad was left outside, a court heard.

Daniel Parmenter, 44, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of making a bomb hoax outside the embassy in Nine Elms last November 22.

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