Vivian Mackay claims to have been 'delirious and out of control' when he did so
This 65-year-old man has admitted to carrying out a hoax call to the police saying he had planted a bomb in a tree in Nottingham’s Old Market Square - ahead of a vigil for the victims of the Nottingham attacks which saw three people brutally stabbed to death.
Miss Fielding said: “Mr Mackay says that in the case of the bomb hoax he had dislocated his shoulder and had been in hospital and had been given a dose of morphine and co codamol and when he went home he started to drink alcohol which led to him becoming delirious. He says he does not remember the incident or the event.”
Two days later, thousands gathered in the city centre to pay their respects. Old Market Square saw a sea of people who turned up under a white banner on the Council House that read "One City #NottinghamTogether".
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