Man jailed over bomb hoax and threats to kill

Police were called to the bomb scare in Faringdon in March

A man has been jailed for five years and three months after admitting responsibility for a bomb hoax.

Police were called to the incident in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, on 6 March.

Tyler Jay Little also pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to possessing an imitation firearm, making threats to kill, two shop thefts in Wantage in February and a robbery in Abingdon in July 2024.

The 23-year-old, of Reynolds Way in Abingdon, was also served with an order to forfeit the firearm when he was sentenced on 25 July.