A MAN who told staff at a care home he had planted a bomb there has been warned he is facing jail.

Paul Morgan was angry because staff at the home, in Bideford, tried to restrict contact of a woman resident and he took revenge by making the call.

Around 15 elderly and frail residents of the care home were evacuated after he made the threat over the phone.

The member of staff who answered his call recognised his voice and suspected it was a hoax but the residents of the Old Galleries in High Street were evacuated as a precaution.

Kebab shop worker Morgan, aged 64, of Otterford, near Taunton , admitted communicating false information with the intention of making others believe there was a bomb at the home.

Judge Geoffrey Mercer, QC, adjourned the case for a pre sentence report but warned Morgan he faces up to a year in jail because he has previous convictions for similar offences.

He told him: "The fact I am granting you bail is no indication that you won't go to prison. What motivated this seems to have been a grudge against the home.

"By most people's standards it was a very strange way to get your own back."

Mr Jonathan Barnes, prosecuting, said between ten and 15 residents, some of whom were elderly and frail, were evacuated after the hoax call on July 4, 2015.

He said: "The member of staff who took the call did not believe the threat but there were elderly residents who clearly experienced distress during the evacuation, which took some 45 minutes."

Mr Paul Grumbar, defending, said Morgan had a relationship with a female resident and felt staff were preventing him seeing her after raising safeguarding issues.

He said:"The person who took the call recognised his voice but the premises were searched and evacuated. It took about 45 minutes.

"The call was traced to his phone but he initially said it must have been used by someone else. I think he had been drinking on this occasion."