A man made eight 999 calls to police when he was drunk.
David Edward Tudor, 55, who has mental health problems, swore and was abusive to the call takers. He was fined after District Judge Gwyn Jones was assured he was being referred to the mental health services.
Defending solicitor Brian Cross described it as a cry for help and Tudor was sorry and ashamed for what he had done.
Tudor, of Victoria Road in Saltney, admitted that on March 10 he used the public communication system to cause annoyance, inconvenience and needless anxiety.
Family concern
Tracey Willingham, prosecuting, at Flintshire magistrates’ court, said North Wales Police received a call from a family member who was concerned about the defendant.
She had received a call from him in which he could be heard shouting ‘police, police, police’.
Officers went to his home and after speaking to him left.
But he then made a total of eight 999 calls complaining about the fact the police had attended his home and said he was being harassed.
Defendant was drunk
He was abusive and swearing, his words were slurred and he was clearly drunk, the prosecutor explained.
The defendant said in the calls that he wanted to be arrested.
Police arrested him and, interviewing him the following day, he accepted he had made the 999 calls when there was no emergency.
Tudor was said to have suffered from mental health issues, found it hard to cope and when he reached crisis point tended to use alcohol.
Inappropriate comments
He would be referred to the community mental health team following analyses at court.
He was fined £200 with £85 costs and a £20 surcharge.
The judge said that it may have been a cry for help but the comments directed at the police control room staff were inappropriate.
In view of the fact that, following assessment in court, he was being referred to the community mental health team, intervention by the probation service would be superfluous, he explained.
