Photo: ODT filesA Dunedin airport security officer who planted a fake bomb just two days after the dead;y Christchurch mosque attacks has been jailed for three years. Maid had been vocal with superiors about what he perceived to be lax security in some areas of the airport and the Crown, at trial, said the bomb hoax was his way of exposing those shortcomings. The Crown said that was when he was assembling the fake bomb. Once the item was neutralised, it became clear the parts inside the laptop bag had came from within the airport. And, strangely, the fake bomb came with a cryptic handwritten note, wrapped around the bag's handle.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 26, 2021 22:18 UTC