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Teen is Arrested in His Bedroom after Making Hoax Bomb-threats to Schools

A 19-year-old was caught making bomb threats against schools in a number of cities, which led to more than 400 of them being evacuated.



George Duke-Cohan, Watford, also sent mass emails to schools across the UK claiming that pipe bombs were planted on their premises. He was under investigation.



Yesterday, he was found guilty of making bomb threats against thousands of schools and a United Airlines flight from the UK to San Francisco.



He was found in his bedroom at Watford's family home.



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This was the time George Duke-Cohan was arrested the third time after making false calls and claiming that an aircraft had been captured by gunmen



Audio released today features George Duke-Cohan , who is a worried father whose daughter told him her flight was hijacked by gunmen, one of whom is carrying a bomb.



He can be heard complaining about his frustration over not being given an update on the suspected hijacking.



The teenager from Hertfordshire pleaded guilty three times to hoax-bomb threats.



Duke-Cohan (pictured) made hoax threats while being investigated for a different set of bomb threats



In March, following threats made, hundreds of schools across the UK were evacuated. Duke-Cohan was arrested a few days after the fact.



He claimed that bombs were placed in American and British schools while he was under investigation in April.



The fake bomb threats were revealed at the time as part of an Minecraft gamer rivalry.



The emails that were sent out to the public were faked to appear to have been sent by a gaming network known as VeltPvP - a Minecraft player-versus-player server.



More than 24,000 emails were sent out to schools across the UK including in the North East, London, Bristol and Humberside.



While being held on bail for threats to schools, Duke Cohan called San Francisco Airport and their security personnel to report that an explosive was aboard.



Hacker group the Apophis Squad claimed flight UAL 949 was grounded due to their actions in a post on Twitter in August.



Duke-Cohan pretended to be a worried father when he rang the airport, claiming that his daughter was aboard the flight.



He informed staff that his daughter had contacted him to tell him that gunmen had hijacked his plane and that one was carrying a bomb.



The bomb hoaxes of this year led to the closure of 400 schools in Uxbridge including Bishopsalt School.



After being threatened, the evacuation of 400 students of Selly Park Technology College for Girls (pictured) was held in Birmingham.



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Fairholme Primary School, Feltham, west London The school informed parents that they would be closing earlier this year due to the threat.



Walsall College (pictured) was also evacuated as a result of the bomb hoaxes earlier this year.



Following the hoax of a mass bomb Duke-Cohan was arrested again at his Watford home (pictured).



Once it landed in San Francisco, the plane was quarantined as security operatives arrived and the 295 passengers were instructed to remain on board.



The investigation halted the plane and disrupted other scheduled flights at the airport.


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