Edinburgh YouTuber jailed after threatening to bomb hospital in offensive video is back in court
He also made threats to kill
A YouTuber who was jailed for filming himself making a “despicable” bomb threat to a hospital has appeared back in court after he posted a hate crime video to the social media website.
Matthew Wain published a video on YouTube disclosing the address of woman and encouraging members of the public to attend and cause damage to the property.
Wain, of Sighthill, Edinburgh, made threats to kill and racially offensive remarks during the footage posted to the video-sharing platform on July 30 last year.
The 36-year-old lout also shouted, swore and made racial and offensive remarks at a street in the capital eight days prior to posting the offensive video.
He pleaded guilty to both offences during an appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month and was due to be sentenced at the court on Thursday.
The offences were prosecuted under section 1 of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 and were aggravated by involving prejudice relating to race, colour or nationality.
Sheriff Derek O’Carroll deferred the case to later this month after being told the required social work report had not been prepared. Wain was caged for 12 weeks when he made a shocking call to staff at Birmingham City Hospital stating he would “bomb the place” in March 2020.
He claimed to be angry at a supposed lack of treatment at the hospital during the first week of lockdown.
He told an emergency department worker: “Not being funny, after what I had done to me yesterday I would bomb the place, to be honest.”
Wain also said he hoped NHS staff who were dealing with Covid 19 patients at the time would “die of coronavirus” during the threatening phone message.
He then posted the 10 minute footage showing him making the call and uttering a racial slur to a hospital staff member on his YouTube channel.
District Judge Briony Clarke described the phone call to the hospital as “truly despicable” and sentenced Wain to custody after he pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court in June 2020.
Wain also has a previous conviction for a malicious communications offence involving gay bars in Norfolk in 2017.