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- Tesco_bomb_campaign abstract "The Tesco bomb campaign was an attempted extortion against British supermarket chain Tesco which started in Bournemouth, Dorset, in August 2000 and led to one of the largest and most secretive operations ever undertaken by Dorset Police. During the campaign, a blackmailer identified by the pseudonym "Sally" sent letters to Tesco stores threatening to harm customers if his demands—for Clubcards, modified so that the holder could withdraw cash from automated teller machines—were not met.Several months after the threat first came to light, "Sally" sent out several letter bombs, one of which was received and exploded in the face of the householder, causing her shock and minor injuries, while the Royal Mail intercepted several other packages, which had been held up because insufficient stamps had been put on them. In October 2000, "Sally" threatened to use pipe bombs against Tesco customers and the threat was taken seriously enough that Tesco began the production of the modified Clubcards, but were unable to produce the required number before the deadline set by the blackmailer. In November, "Sally" claimed to have placed a pipe bomb in a garden in the Ferndown area of Dorset. No bomb was found.Police eventually mounted a surveillance operation on the postbox to which several of the extortion letters had been traced and identified "Sally" as Robert Edward Dyer. Dyer was arrested in February 2001, over six months since the beginning of the extortion attempt, and charged with several offences, including nine counts of blackmail and one of common assault, of which he was found guilty in May 2001. He was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment on 12 June 2001, later reduced to 12 on appeal. A number of similar extortion attempts against supermarket chains and other businesses and subsequent attacks on Tesco have since been compared to Dyer's campaign by the media.".
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- Tesco_bomb_campaign caption "The BBC News illustration for the campaign, which shows the perpetrator, Robert Dyer, superimposed on the Tesco logo.".
- Tesco_bomb_campaign charges "Blackmail, nine counts; common assault, one count".
- Tesco_bomb_campaign convictions "Robert Edward Dyer".
- Tesco_bomb_campaign date "August 2000 – February 2001".
- Tesco_bomb_campaign firstReporter "Bournemouth Daily Echo".
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- Tesco_bomb_campaign place "Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom".
- Tesco_bomb_campaign subject Category:2000_crimes.
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- Tesco_bomb_campaign subject Category:Extortion.
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- Tesco_bomb_campaign comment "The Tesco bomb campaign was an attempted extortion against British supermarket chain Tesco which started in Bournemouth, Dorset, in August 2000 and led to one of the largest and most secretive operations ever undertaken by Dorset Police.".
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