Cambridgeshire police receive more than 30 hoax 999 calls in two weeks

Cambridgeshire police have received more than 30 hoax 999 calls in just two weeks.
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The hoax calls have included people laughing, a child calling from a house party and numerous people who called after having a few drinks.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), 28-year-old Rhys Pilott of Crown Street, Peterborough, will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to making nuisance 999 calls.

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Pilott was charged after making the calls and burping down the phone. He was remanded in custody at a previous hearing. He pleaded guilty to one count of causing a nuisance to the public on September 24, and one count of persistently making use of a public electronic communications network for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another on September 27.

A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: “Please only call 999 in a real emergency.”