No laughing matter as Airport bomb joker is fined

Tuesday 11th March 2008, 12:00AM GMT.

A MAN who joked to Airport security that he had bombs in his baggage has been fined £200.

Oliver Stoldt, from Switzerland, was arrested on Friday after joking with Airport staff when he was checking in.

Stoldt (39), who was born in Germany, told check-in staff that he ‘had two bombs’ in his bag. He later told them that he had meant the comment as a joke.

Stoldt was fined by the Magistrate’s Court on Friday afternoon.


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