Dad jailed for threatening to bomb One Direction concert when he failed to get tickets for daughters

A father threatened to bomb a One Direction concert when he failed to get tickets

A father has been jailed after threatening to bomb a One Direction concert when he failed to get tickets for his two daughters.


William H Klein was handed an eight-month prison sentence after the hoax bomb threat before a gig at the Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania last summer.

He phoned organisers Hershey Entertainment and Resorts the night before the gig, telling them: ‘If One Direction plays tomorrow, the stadium will blow up.’

Klein promised he would take his two daughters to the July 6 gig even though it had already sold out months before.

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He made the bomb threat when one of his daughters threatened ‘never to speak to him again’ if she didn’t get a ticket.

His phone call was traced to a pay phone in New Jersey and Klein was identified from CCTV footage.
The stadium was placed on lockdown before the concert, followed by a bomb sweep and a check of concertgoers’ bags.

The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of interstate communication with threat to injure