Feeling sick today, for no real reason. Annoyed at being sick though.
Anyway..

This article appeared in the Melbourne Herald-Sun (most popular Melbourne Newspaper) on Thursday. Again, I've removed and changed names to protect privacy.

fyi - VCE is the Victorian Certificate of Education


School bomb threat

A VCE student accused of planning to blow up the Wheelers Hill campus of Caulfield Grammar appeared in court yesterday. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX, 17, is charged with posessing an explosive substance with intent to injure. Several LPG cylanders were discovered in different locations around the school on October 11, Ringwood Magistrates' Court was told.
Sen-Constable "John Smith" said other students had alerted staff to the threat on October 11 when XXXXXXX was seen with the gas bottles.
Staff conducted a search of the capmus, which revealed a total of four gas bottles in three different locations. They also found 20 packets of unused matches amoun XXXXXXX's property.
The Caulfield Grammar student was initially sent for psychiatric treatment, where the court heart he made full admissions about his plans to blow up the school, citing mistreatment from other students as the reason.
Staff at the psychiatric centre notified police, telling them there was nothing they could do to treat the boy who was not psychotic.
Police charged XXXXXXX last Thursday.
Stn-Constable "Smith" said police executed a search warrant on the psychiatric centre and among the students' property located newspaper clippings from America reporting incidents where mass murder had been committed in schools.
Sen-Constable "Smith" said a homemade video was also found, filmed at the Wheelers Hill campus, indicating the spots chosen to plant the LPG cylanders.
Sen Constable "Smith" said police investigations revealed XXXXXXX had accessed Internet sites explaining the detonation of explosives, and had tested timing devices.
Psychiatric staff gave evidence to police alleging the student had said he was going to blow up the school canteen, where up to 200 students regularly congregated.
The student faces two charges relating to the explosive devices and one charge of being unlawfully on premises.
The explosive charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Magistrate "Joan Johnson" yesterday released XXXXXXX, of X street, y town on bail, on the strict condition he remain in the care of a psychiatric institution.
She ordered him to appear in the same court on X date.





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