False Bomb Threat Nets 160 Hours Community Service

(Posted on 29/12/11)

It was another day at the office for workers at Lifescan Depot on September 5, 2010 - until an anonymous phone call was made claiming a bomb had been planted on the premises.

Shortly after the bomb threat had been called in, workers were quickly evacuated from at least two job sites and the searches began. Before long, it was determined there was no bomb and then shortly after that, suspicions quickly turned on Rodney Keniston, a security guard for the company. Those suspicions would prove well-founded.

Keniston admitted to law enforcement that he was frustrated with the way another employee was fired and felt as though he had to do something to right that wrong. Keniston also believed he was mistreated at work and said he was bullied on a regular basis. His efforts of righting those wrongs included phoning in a bomb threat located in a trailer on company property.

Keniston's solicitor in Inverness, Eildih Macdonald says her client was unhappy at work and when his girlfriend was fired earlier in the week, Keniston simply became overwhelmed. "This is truly out of character," said Macdonald. "He worked in the security department at the time....it’s a very serious offence...he knows that he caused a loss to the company."

Keniston was ordered to serve 160 hours of community service.

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For now, everyone is satisfied with the outcome of Keniston's criminal sentencing.

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