‘I was just messing about’ says bomb maker

A vigilante who tried to make bombs to protect his mother from drug dealers claimed he was just ‘messing around’. Liam Pinnock, 39, attempted to construct an improvised explosive device with a tin of vaseline on Guy Fawkes night, November 5 last year. Pinnock, who was found with a arsenal of weapons at his home, said he became concerned that drug dealers were selling narcotics to his mother and were trying to take over his house, Blackfriars crown court heard….