Shulbombhoax woman is jailed
Claire Mann sentenced to three years, as lover faces 12-months in prison
AJEWISHMOTHERwhomadeahoax bomb call to a synagogue as part of a campaign of harassment against another Jewish parent has been jailed for three years.
Claire Mann, 43, bombarded Roz Page with abusive messages after a dispute over a children’s party in April 2013.
She then tried to frame Mrs Page by sending similar texts to her own phone.
Mrs Page was quizzed by police as the row escalated and ostracised by other parents.
In July 2013 Mann used the same phone to text Elisheva Mason, the rebbetzin of Muswell Hill Synagogue in north London, claiming a bomb had been planted near Finchley Synagogue.
The message read: “There’s bomb in the Kinloss area hotels, where there are many Israelis staying. Please arrange evacuation.”
When Mrs Mason replied: “Who’s this?”, Mann responded: “Don’t question, act.”
On Friday, Ross Cohen, prosecuting, told Wood Green Crown Court the message to Mrs Mason had been referred to the Community Security Trust. The rebbetzin called the CST, who notified police. Officers responded and began searching for a bomb.
T h e p o l i c e , Mr Cohen said, “treated it as a real threat”, adding: “The investigating officer noted the guests’ fear, despite the police having been satisfied after having searched the grounds that the call was, in fact, a hoax.”
Mann left the phone switched on and it was traced by police to a cup- board in her home in Hendon, north west London.
As police searched her house the day after the hoax, she said: “I did it, I did it. It’s a prank that’s gone wrong.”
Sentencing Mann on Monday, Judge Robert Morrison told her: “This all arose when you thought your daughter was not invited to a birthday party for a schoolmate.
“You started a campaign against the child’s mother that was spiteful and malicious.
“You bought a pay-as-you-go, unregistered phone and sent texts to yourself to support a claim you made to the police.
“You later used the same phone to send a message alleging a bomb had been placed close to hotels, close to a synagogue.”
Before being sentenced, Mann had pleaded with the judge not to send her to jail because of her 11-year-old daughter.
There’s a bomb in the Kinloss area. Arrange evacuation’