A man has appeared in court charged with making terrorist bomb threats against major Scottish bridges and hotel sites and alleging water supplies in England could be poisoned.
Adam Busby, 66, appeared in a preliminary hearing at the high court in Glasgow also accused of contacting media organisations in 2010 claiming that explosives were placed at locations including the Forth road bridge near Edinburgh, the Erskine bridge west of Glasgow, the city’s Argyll shopping arcade and the Hilton hotel.
The crown alleges that Busby, currently in custody on remand, claimed in those calls that “a bomb or other thing” was liable to explode or ignite, and contacted the Samaritans in Glasgow with the same claim.
In 2009, Busby is also accused of contacting a newspaper threatening to “contaminate the drinking water” of English towns and cities. He is alleged to have claimed that packages containing “a noxious substance” were sent to people not named in the charges.
A further hearing before judge Lord Turnbull is due to take place next month.
