Bomb hoaxer blamed banks for being homeless

A bomb hoaxer who threatened to blow up a branch of Barclays after claiming banks made him homeless has walked free from court. Jack Smith, 22, said he would destroy the bank in Canary Wharf up if he was not allowed to speak to the manager and that he was making a political statement against banks. Prosecutor, Elizabeth Ajay, told Westminster Magistrates: ‘He said he had a bomb in his bag and that “this is a political protest, I am…