‘Art’ bomb hoaxer at the Old Bailey

An alleged bomb hoaxer accused of sending the United States embassy into a full security lockdown claims the device he planted was an art installation. Daniel Parmenter, 44, left a fake IED near to site in Nine Elms on 22 November, it is claimed. Police officers attended and a controlled explosion was carried out. Parmenter was arrested two days later after a police search of his home in Bayswater, west London. Grey-haired and bearded Parmenter appeared in the dock at…