I assume the apprentice got it in the neck

I imagine being ex-met plod (of 32 years) he's got "contacts"

I wonder what he will do next? I don't think he'll have much success in future with his present line of business.

I should have said, this one had a code word so it was plausible. I think they used to issue many fakes for each real one, although the proportion varied. To my mind the real reason not to worry too much was that it was a fairly secure site requiring visible passes at all times.

Not sure to which "this one" you are referring, a past fake IRA warning or the weekends Man U "device".

Man U? Secure? Well in my estimation about as secure as collander. Little bit of research, a clipboard, something that looks like a pass and air of authority will do. As it will do for most such places.

For just warnings I'd tend to agree but the device was found at Man. U. Very little choice but to evacuate.

On 17/05/2016 17:23, Dave Liquorice wrote: ...

I recall, may years ago, a salesman for a company that made very realistic skeleton models was stopped by the Police at a routine check. They found his sample case, full of what looked like human bones, including a skull. He spent several hours in custody before it was all sorted out.

The bigger issue is that his 'bomb' wasn't picked up by Man U security in the *days* after he left it. He made a simple (but regrettable!) mistake, they failed completely to do what they had been trained and paid to do over days.

Surely, if he was a salesman, he'd have a catalogue and other paperwork to show them? More of an issue if he was a home-worker bringing in his finished work, maybe.

AIUI, the problem was that the Police thought the bones looked too realistic to be models and weren't going to let him go until somebody proved they were.