Accused bomb hoaxer cleared after jury accept ‘device’ was an art installation

An accused bomb hoaxer has been cleared after a jury accepted the items he left at the US Embassy was not a fake IED but ‘space age art.’ Daniel Parmenter, 44, sent staff into a full security lockdown at the Nine Elms site when he left his installation at the perimeter fence. The eccentric pot smoking guitarist said the items he had was mainly art but also included presents for the US military. They included an old iPod, a silver…