00:01A man who left a fake stick of dynamite outside the headquarters of MI5 has been found guilty of
00:08carrying out a bomb hoax. Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, who's 32 years old,
00:13staged the protest at Thames House in Milbank on the 1st of January, a day after his final
00:18appeal for asylum was dismissed. He denied carrying out a bomb hoax by placing an article
00:23with intent, but after a trial at City of London Magistrates Court, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring
00:29concluded Pereira intended those watching to believe the device was real. He has been remanded
00:35in custody ahead of sentencing in April. CCTV footage shows Pereira stuffing paperwork through
00:41the doors of the building.
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