A TEENAGER is due to appear at Crown Court today (April 19) after a bomb scare in High Wycombe.

Jack Coleman, 19 of Amersham Hill will have his first hearing at Amersham Law Courts for plea and trial preparation.

This is after he was arrested and charged following a bomb scare on March 14 which saw part of Amersham Hill by the High Wycombe Railway Station was closed off by the police and the bomb squad.

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The incident unfolded after a tip-off from a concerned member of the public.

Trains and buses were delayed and traffic diverted after the area was closed off into the evening while the explosive ordnance unit carried out an investigation.  

Coleman has been charged with possession of explosives for unlawful purpose, burglary of dwelling and theft with no violence, and possession of knife, blade or sharp object in a public place.

He is being held at HM Bullingdon Prison in Bicester.