Hoax caller wished 999 operators 'a very merry Christmas'
A MAN wished emergency control room operators “a very merry Christmas” during a spree of hoax calls.
Mark Rainey, 48, called the emergency services after a friend he had been drinking with at his home collapsed. An ambulance arrived and his friend was taken to hospital.
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Rainey, of Dear Street, Market Rasen, made at least 10 more calls to both the 999 emergency and 101 non-emergency number between 9.31pm on November 26 and 2.35am on November 27 last year.
Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard that in one exchange, Rainey wished everyone in the control room a merry Christmas.
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He pleaded guilty to persistently making use of a public communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety.
Prosecuting, Jim Clare said: “He was very drunk and incoherent.”
Mitigating, Andy Kerrigan said he used 999 “in a sensible way” at first.
Rainey was given a 12-month community order with a six-month alcohol treatment requirement. He was ordered to pay £40 costs and a £60 victims’ surcharge.
Comments
by Jackthelad
Saturday, February 09 2013, 2:50PM
“What a ******** kill him”