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The notorious 'collarbomber' who broke into the home of a Sydney businessman and strapped a fake explosive to a schoolgirl's neck ten years ago has walked free from prison.
Failed businessman Paul Douglas Peters, 60, broke into the Mosman home of Year 12 student Madeleine Pulver and strapped a homemade device around her neck on August 3, 2011.
It was accompanied by a two page letter in a plastic sleeve claiming the device was a bomb and demanding money.
The city was gripped with horror for 10 hours before police figured out the so-called 'booby trap' - a black box secured with a bike lock - was a fake.
A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman confirmed that Peters was released from a minimum security jail on Wednesday morning.
Peters was granted parole earlier this month after about a decade behind bars. The crime mystified Sydney and left Ms Pulver's family grasping for an explanation to this day.
Madeleine Pulver was the victim of a terrifying 10 hour hoax bomb threat, when Paul Douglas Peters broke into her home and strapped a fake 'collarbomb' around her neck in August 2011
Paul Douglas Peters (left) has walked free from prison after 10 years, after strapping a fake collarbomb around the neck of Sydney schoolgirl Madeleine Pulver
Daily Mail Australia
