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Harry Goldstein, 38, from Salford, who sent a package containing a cheque sprinkled with salt to a business associate in London, was charged with causing a public nuisance after the hoax anthrax package caused a Wembley sorting office to be evacuated. * Mr Goldstein pictured departing from Bow Street Magistrates Court was remanded on unconditional bail. 24/01/02: Harry Goldstein, an alleged anthrax hoaxer, who will return to court accused of sending a suspect package to a busy postal sorting office. 30/09/02 : kosher butcher Harry Goldstein, 38, of Stanley Road, Salford, Greater Manchester. Goldstein triggered a major alert at a sorting office with a joke salt-filled letter sent to a friend in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America and the world-wide anthrax scare, a court heard. It began when the innocent-looking manila envelope started leaking its white powder contents over postman Alan Owen's hand as he sorted mail for the first delivery of the day. A special police team, formed to deal with chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear incidents, was called in and promptly evacuated the place. 3/10/02: The court had heard how he thought it would be fun to mail a friend "half a Smartie's-worth" of the white granules as fears of biological attacks gripped much of the world in the wake of September 11. But instead of "raising a chuckle", the "prank" backfired as the letter leaked its contents over a horrified postman and forced more than 100 of his colleagues to flee Wembley sorting office, north-west London, delaying some deliveries and cancelling others. He will be sentences next month. (Photo by Michael Stephens - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)