YouTuber jailed for ‘despicable’ threat to bomb hospital treating Covid patients

Matthew Wain was angry at a supposed lack of treatment at Birmingham City Hospital during the first week of lockdown.

A British YouTuber who recorded himself phoning a “truly despicable” bomb threat to an NHS trust dealing with Covid-19 patients has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Matthew Wain, who was angry at a supposed lack of treatment at Birmingham City Hospital during the first week of lockdown, told an emergency department worker: “Not being funny… after what I had done to me yesterday I would bomb the place, to be honest.”