Question: By. Kerry Mcqueeney. UPDATED:. 22:59 EST, 7 March 2012. An Australian investment banker has admitted chaining a fake bomb to a young woman's neck in a terrifying attempt to extort money. Madeleine Pulver was studying alone at her. family's mansion in a wealthy Sydney suburb when Paul Douglas Peters broke in wearing a. ski mask and wielding a baseball bat. He tethered a bomb-like device around the 18-year-old's neck and left a note at the scene demanding money before fleeing. Guilty: Paul Douglas Peters - pictured left as he is escorted from a courthouse at an earlier hearing in the U.S. - admitted the extortion attempt. It took bomb squad experts more than 10 hours to remove the device but no explosives were found and Miss Pulver was unharmed. Through his lawyer in Sydney courtroom, Peters today pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated break and enter and committing a serious indictable offence by knowingly detaining the teenager. The court heard that the note Peters left during the incident on August  last year contained an email address, as well as a demand for money. New South Wales state police revealed that surveillance footage showed Peters in several locations where they believe he accessed the email account. Peters, who traveled frequently between the United States and Australia on business, fled to the U.S. and was arrested at his former wife's home in Louisville, Kentucky, almost two weeks after the crime. He was extradited in September to Australia, where he has remained in custody. Victim: Madeleine Pulver graduated from high school since the attack. Peters appeared in court by video from prison Thursday. He showed no reaction when his lawyer Kathy Crittenden entered the guilty plea. She said after the court appearance: 'Mr Peters deeply regrets and is profoundly sorry for the impact that this incident has had on Ms Pulver and her family.' Ms Crittenden declined to comment further. Why Peters targeted Miss Pulver is unclear. U.S. federal court documents show Peters once worked for a company with links to her family, but the Pulvers have repeatedly said they don't know him. Miss Pulver, who has graduated from high school since the attack, and her parents were in court to hear the plea. Her father, Bill, thanked police, prosecutors and members of the public for their support, and said the attack remains as mysterious and as 'random to us in our minds as it did back on August 3'. Mr Pulver added: 'There was no - nothing other than just the fact of Maddie was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 'A poor decision by one man has prompted a truly extraordinary and inspiring response from many thousands of people and we will be forever grateful.' Mr Pulver was once the president and CEO of NetRankings, a pioneer in tracking online exposure and readership for companies advertising on the Internet. He left after the firm was sold to ratings giant Nielsen in 2007. He is now CEO of Appen Butler Hill, a company that provides language and voice-recognition software and services. Peters will next appear in court on March 16 for a pre-sentencing hearing. He faces a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
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Important parts: Paul Douglas Peters broke into Sydney mansion wearing ski mask and wielding a baseball bat. He tethered a bomb-like device around the neck of 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver, demanding money. Banker pleads guilty in a Sydney courtroom.

Question: By. Daily Mail Reporter. Last updated at 12:27 PM on 3rd September 2011. Crackdown: David Cameron has pledged to turn around the lives of 120,000 problem families by 2015. David Cameron clashed with Radio 4's Today show after his membership of Oxford University's hell-raising Bullington Club was likened to last month's riots. The Prime Minister was asked if there were similarities between being a member of a 'youthful gang that engages in violent behaviour' and looters. He said: 'I think we all do stupid things when we are young and we should learn the lessons.' Mr Cameron attacked  the. BBC for 'making excuses' for rioters as presenter Evan Davis repeatedly questioned him about the drunken antics of the Bullington Club. He asked Mr Cameron: 'Did you witness stuff as a member of that club...people throwing things through windows, smashing up restaurants'? An increasingly irritated PM said: 'No I didn't. But what we saw during the riots was very well organised in many cases looting, stealing and thieving. 'There is a danger that when you listen to the BBC that all these things turn into a great mush and make an excuse for not acting. 'Some people almost say that. until we deal with the problem of inequality in our society, there is. nothing you can do to deal with rioting. ‘That’s what it can slip into, Evan, if you are not careful.’ Mr Cameron believes the riots have underlined the need for tough measures to end the culture of welfare dependency, shake up schools and ensure people understand that they have responsibilities as well as rights. In yesterday’s interview, as Mr Davis suggested the riots might be linked to bank bonuses and the MPs’ expenses scandal, the Prime Minister insisted people had not raided shops because of anger over such issues. Hell-raisers: David Cameron, standing second left, with other Bullington Club members at Oxford University including London mayor Boris Johnson, front sitting, third left. Chaos in the capital: Firefighters battle a fire in Croydon, south London, during rioting and looting last month. He said problem youngsters needed ‘tough love’, adding: ‘You need both elements of it. ‘For some of these children there. probably was a shortage of love. But you do need, when they cross the. line and break the law, to be very tough.’ Awkward: Evan Davis attempted to link rioting to the antics of the Bullingdon Club. The Prime Minister will next week stress. the importance of education in starting to end Britain’s social. malaise, promising to improve school discipline and standards by ending. the state monopoly on education and opening ‘free schools’ run by. businesses, charities and parents. Sources close to No10 were reported. to be furious with the programme's line of questioning claiming Mr Davis. had 'overstepped the mark.' But a BBC spokesman told the Times:. 'We sought to reflect a range of views as to the reasons behind the. riots. We are confident we did this in an impartial and balanced. manner.' ■ The 17-year old daughter of an NHS. doctor and a part-time nurse was locked up for eight months yesterday. for stealing during rioting in Peckham, South London. The churchgoing youngster, who cannot. be named for legal reasons, stole a bottle of Lucozade, sweets, four. T-shirts and a pair of sunglasses. She had just completed a health and. social care course. Her parents refused to comment.
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No10 attack on BBC's coverage of the looters.