Man fails in appeal against bomb hoax conviction

A self-styled Scottish separatist has failed in an appeal against his conviction for sending two hoax bomb threats against transatlantic flights departing from the United Kingdom.

Adam Busby (aged 63) received a four-year sentence in July last year after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury found him guilty of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety by sending emails to the British Airports Authority claiming bombs were on two flights to New York.