Woman who called 999 more than 2,000 times in three years is jailed

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1. Called 999 more than 2000 times? So 2,999 times?

   I can do maths because I am clever.

2. Gotta feel for the headline writer on this one…

   Do you go with the 2k calls in three years? The 17 different numbers used? The 668 breaches leading to 670 offences? Or maybe the racial abuse of an officer and the urinating in the meat wagon.

   Maybe a mix and match… *Racist Woman, who urinated in MET van and used 17 different numbers to call 999 2000 times, charged with 670 offences.* Bit too long of a headline for Sky though.

3. And she was only the fifth worst repeat caller in the same time period. I’m dying to know what sort of stuff she was calling in.

4. I remember the police used to release some of the most ridiculous 999 calls to give examples of shit you don’t ring 999 over.

   The issue is that a lot of people just found them funny.

5. It doesn’t say why she was calling 999 – what if they were all calls regarding genuine emergencies?

6. Is it safe to assume that this woman is probably responsible for at least one preventable death?

7. >After being arrested, she racially abused an officer and was further arrested for racially aggravated public order, before urinating in a Met caged van and being arrested for criminal damage.

   I’m not saying this as a joke at all, but I think she might be suffering from a psychiatric condition and needs an assessment. She could have been calling because she had paranoid delusions.

8. Sentenced to 22 weeks in prison for 670 charges. How does that make sense?

9. I don’t understand why they don’t take more serious action about this like they do in the US (one of the only US laws I agree with) – my mum is going mental as she gets older and once called the police because she thought my dad opened her post. The envelope was sealed. I told them to make a note of her mental problems and they said they have to come no matter what… they came within 10 minutes. Meanwhile I called them on my night shift when I was alone working as a hotel receptionist (woman) for a drunk guy who was being weird and refusing to leave and they took 3 hours to come. It was 2am… I could’ve been dead if he wasn’t harmless and drugged out of his mind. They really need to fix their priorities.

10. [walks into prison to be asked if she has any questions or concerns]

    *”how many calls can we make a day?”*