Luke Brown was jailed for six months for making the bomb threat (Picture: Norfolk constabulary)

An 18-year-old issued a hoax bomb threat so his brother didn’t have to work the rest of his shift at Burger King.

Luke Brown was jailed for six months at Norwich Crown Court on Friday after admitting to phoning in the threat at a shopping centre in the city.

On March 6th, the teenager had claimed a bomb would explode in six hours at the Castle Mall food court.

Brown’s brother wanted to finish his shift at Burger King early (Picture: PA)

This led police to search the area but nothing was found and no people were evacuated.


They arrested the teenager at a phone box soon after he had made the call to the police.



Brown, who is also from Norwich, said his brother had requested he call the police with a story so he could go home early from Burger King.

‘People must learn that you cannot send out bomb hoaxes because, if you do, you will end up in prison,’ said Judge Stephen Holt, during sentencing.

He will serve his time at a young offenders’ institute.