Man admits Tesco store bomb hoax in Great Yarmouth
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A bomb disposal team was called to the Tesco Extra store
A man has pleaded guilty to a bomb hoax at a Tesco store.
A suspicious package was found after a telephone threat was made to the Pasteur Road store in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 6 March 2015.
At Norwich Crown Court on Monday, Stewart Nightingale, aged 42, of Hazel Grove, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, admitted one count of blackmail and one of making a bomb hoax.
Nightingale will be sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on 22 March.
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Access to the Great Yarmouth store was restricted
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