Cake mistaken for a bomb in Stansted

A children's cake sparked a bomb scare after airport security staff mistook it for an explosive device.

A children's cake sparked a bomb scare after airport security staff mistook it for an explosive device.

Justin Barrett was taken away by armed guards after security at Stansted Airport spotted Wiggles the Caterpillar cake - which was intended as a birthday present for his nine-year-old son Freddie - in his luggage and thought it was a bomb.

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