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# hoax call

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Teen with autism spared jail time after making hoax bomb calls to US
Ben Megarry made the calls to schools, airports and businesses in the US in 2012.
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Sep 2nd 2016, 5:33 PM
‘Profoundly stupid’ man who made hoax Islamic State bomb call to Intel avoids jail
Colin Hammond made the call to get his friend out of work.
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Oct 27th 2015, 5:03 PM
'Profoundly stupid': Young man makes Intel hoax bomb call to get his friend out of working
The judge had some harsh words for Colin Hammond today.
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Jul 31st 2015, 4:16 PM
Coast Guard unsure if Carlingford Lough distress call was a hoax
It usually gets three or four hoax calls a year.
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May 5th 2015, 8:06 PM
Man arrested over hoax call about person jumping into Waterford river
Several units of emergency services were called to help in the search, including the Coast Guard helicopter.
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Feb 13th 2015, 1:55 PM
Man who prank called Cameron was 'off his face on booze and cocaine'
The man pretended to be the head of spy agency GCHQ.
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Jan 26th 2015, 3:58 PM
Australian radio station donates €350k to family of nurse who took her own life
The station apologised to the family of Jacintha Saldanha, whose inquest was held this week.
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Sep 13th 2014, 10:01 AM
Over 4,000 hoax calls made to ambulance service last year
Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony is calling for penalties to be put in place to hold the people making the calls to account.
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Aug 8th 2013, 1:16 PM
Police consider bringing charges over Kate hoax call
Scotland Yard said it has been liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service following the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.
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Dec 22nd 2012, 4:23 PM
Funeral of Jacintha Saldanha to be held in India today
The nurse will be buried in a small town in southwest India this morning, ten days after she was found dead in London.
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Dec 17th 2012, 8:09 AM
The Evening Fix...now with added festive lunges
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Dec 15th 2012, 7:55 PM
Family of royal hoax call nurse pay tribute after memorial mass
Jacintha Saldanha’s daughter said the family is “shattered” by the loss and the family home is like “an empty dwelling” without her mother.
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Dec 15th 2012, 12:52 PM
Department of Finance issues warning over hoax calls offering €2,000 refund
The caller tells recipients they are due the refund but will need to deposit €250 into a bank account in order to receive it.
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Dec 13th 2012, 4:51 PM
Australian media watchdog opens probe into royal prank station
The media regulator says the investigation is into the 2Day FM station and not the presenters who made the hoax call.
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Dec 13th 2012, 7:47 AM
Australian radio station to give $500,000 to dead nurse's family
The radio station is giving all its profits until the end of the year to a fund for Jacintha Saldanha’s family.
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Dec 11th 2012, 11:01 AM
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Dec 10th 2012, 8:49 AM
Australian radio station reviewing policy after nurse's death following hoax call
Nurse Jacintha Saldanha’s death followed a hoax call during which details of the Duchess of Cambridge’s medical condition were given to a radio station.
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Dec 9th 2012, 4:19 PM
Tributes to royal hoax nurse, radio boss says DJs are 'completely shattered'
There has been anger and condemnation following the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha at the hospital where Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was treated earlier this week.
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Dec 8th 2012, 1:53 PM
The Evening Fix...now with added heartbreaking dog rescue stories
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Dec 7th 2012, 7:50 PM
Update: Royal hoax presenters suspended following death of nurse
Today the hospital said it had been supporting the woman after a hoax call from the Australian radio station.
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Dec 7th 2012, 6:55 PM