Man in court charged following US embassy bomb hoax

A man has appeared in court charged with a bomb hoax outside the US embassy in London.

The Metropolitan Police were called to reports of a suspicious package at the site in Nine Elms, south London, on Friday 22 November.

Officers cordoned off the area while a controlled explosion was carried out.

Daniel Parmenter was arrested two days later, on Sunday, after a search of his home address.

The 43-year-old, of Kildare Terrace, Bayswater, west London, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday by video link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

His legal team at the court held legal discussions.

He will next appear at the same court on 20 December.