What happened to Nail Bomber David Copeland? Where he is now Netflix documentary Nail Bomber: Manhunt details the three London nail bomb attacks in 1999, carried out by David Copeland. Thursday, 13th May 2021 at 1:59 pm Netflix’s documentary, Nail Bomber: Manhunt goes back to the spring of 1999, when three homemade nail bombs were detonated in London, targeting the capital’s Black, Bangladeshi and LGBTQ+ communities. Advertisement Three people were killed and 140 wounded – some suffering life-changing injuries – in the three attacks. After the third bomb exploded on Friday 30th April 1999 at the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street in London’s Soho, a man named David Copeland was arrested and charged with the attacks.