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Matthew Cullen Represents Man Handed Suspended Sentence in Bomb Hoax Case

Matthew Cullen
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Guy Dunwoody

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Matthew Cullen represented a man charged after making a bomb hoax call to a major shopping centre in Telford. The call led to a mass evacuation leading up to a busy bank-holiday weekend and the full mobilisation of all police officers in the Telford & Wrekin division.

Court of Appeal authorities have suggested:

it will be rare, if ever, that a bomb hoax offence will result in a non-custodial sentence, regardless of personal mitigation.

Matthew persuaded the Judge that this was one of those rare cases, and the Court imposed a Suspended Sentence.

Written by Guy Dunwoody

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