Bomb threat `to get girl off school'

A man made a hoax bomb threat so that his teenage pregnant girlfriend would get off school early, Dublin District Court heard…

A man made a hoax bomb threat so that his teenage pregnant girlfriend would get off school early, Dublin District Court heard yesterday.

Graham Lambert (22), Richmond Road, Dublin, was jailed for 12 months after he admitted making a call to Santa Sabina Girls School, Sutton, and making another call a few days later claiming an armed robbery was taking place at a supermarket. Judge Gerard Haughton imposed a 12-month prison sentence.

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