Australian 'bomb' accused 'linked to victim'

An Australian man accused of attaching a fake bomb to a teenager’s neck as part of an extortion plot once worked for a company with ties to the victim’s family, according to federal court documents released today.

US Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin has ordered 50-year-old Paul “Doug” Peters jailed pending an extradition hearing set for October 14 in Louisville, Kentucky.