Man admits planting fake bomb

A man has admitted placing a bottle containing vinegar and hydrochlorite bleach outside a Spalding pub to make others believe it would explode or ignite.
Jay Savage (30) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court and pleaded guilty to a charge of placing an article outside the Lincolnshire Poacher on November 13 last year.
The charge specifies that Savage placed a bottle containing vinegar and hydrochlorite bleach outside the pub to induce others to believe it would explode or ignite causing personal injury or criminal damage.
Savage, of no fixed address, also pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm to Joey Laws on November 2, 2022.
Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight remanded Savage into custody and he will be sentenced on Friday.

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