‘It wasn’t a bomb hoax – it was art’

An alleged bomb hoaxer accused of sending the United States Embassy into security lockdown claims the device he planted was an ‘art installation.’ Daniel Parmenter, 44, eft a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms on 22 November, the Old Bailey heard. 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…