A man who admitted making bomb threats against Tesco in the United Kingdom was jailed today.
Philip McHugh was jailed for six years today
Philip McHugh (52) had admitted three counts of blackmail and two of making bomb threats towards Tesco at an earlier hearing at St Albans Crown Court.
The former tax inspector, from Lancashire, was jailed for six years after he had sent 75 hoax letters to the country's biggest retailer.
Tesco closed supermarkets in London, Wales, Scotland, and England on July 14th last year after it received threatening letters demanding huge sums of money. All reopened the following day, and McHugh was arrested on July 23rd.
The court heard his letters threatened to contaminate products.
Tesco said at the time it had not paid out any money. Media reports at the time said the closures had cost the company millions of pounds in lost sales.