Updated 11:25am 31 May 2012

Man in court over St Helens bomb hoax siege

Police seal off Prescot Rd, St Helens

A man appeared in court this morning in connection with a six hour police siege at a St Helens business on Thursday.

Jean Claude Rubagire, 35, of no fixed abode, appeared in front of Knowsley magistrates court following the incident at Alfred J Knight on Prescot Road.

He was charged with making threats to kill and a bomb hoax, and three counts of false imprisonment.

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