May 2, 1999
Man
Charged in London Bombings
By ROBERT SEELY Associated
Press Writer
LONDON
(AP) -- Police
on Sunday charged a young white man
with murder in connection with a
nail-bombing campaign against gays and
ethnic minorities, and said he was
working alone and not a member of
neo-Nazi groups with claimed
responsibility.
David Copeland, 22, an
engineer, was arrested early Saturday
at his home at Cove, southwest of
London, and will appear in court on
Monday, Metropolitan Police Deputy
Commissioner Alan Fry
announced.
Copeland was charged with the murder
of three people killed in the most
serious explosion, a nail-bomb attack
Friday in a gay pub in central London,
and with similar attacks April 17 and
April 24 in London districts with large
ethnic minorities. A total of 115
people were injured.