Explosives enthusiast ‘was preparing for Doomsday event’

An explosives enthusiast accused of detonating more than 40 homemade bombs in his back garden told police he was preparing for a Doomsday event, the Old Bailey heard. Simon Pilgrim, 41, is said to have made improvised explosive devices in his bedroom at a multi-occupancy property in King Alfred Street, Derby. He had searched for instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails and a pressure cooker bomb, the Old Bailey heard. He denies three charges relating to the control and…