A PEST time-wasting 999 caller ignored previous warnings and called the emergency services asking if it was Christmas, a court heard. 

We reported previously Lorraine Cash was handed a community protection notice last July following persistent calls to police.

She appeared in front of magistrates last November to admit 24 breaches when she was handed a stricter Criminal Behaviour Order.

That CBO, lasting two years, had a number of conditions including prohibiting her from contacting police unless in a genuine emergency and contacting police officers directly. 

Worcester News: COURT Lorraine Cash was a nuisance to the emergency servicesCOURT Lorraine Cash was a nuisance to the emergency services (Image: West Mercia Police)

On Tuesday, (May 30), the 55-year-old, of Moat Crescent, Malvern, was back at Worcester Magistrates Court admitting 17 breaches of the CBO which took place between November 20 last year and March 15 this year.

The court heard Cash:

 

  •  Called police on 101 on Boxing Day last year and asked whether it was Christmas the following day.
  • Contacted PC Sue Parrs leaving a voicemail on November 29; called the officer six times on December 1; four times leaving voicemails on December 9 and five times on December 10.
  • On February 27 called 101 to say she had an interview on March 7 and asked what day of the week that was.
  • On March 3, phoned 101 asking police to attend her address about a man asleep in her house -  it later emerging it was a man she knew and had let in.
  • Made multiple calls misusing 999 and 101 between November 20 and December 26 last year.
  • Phoned police multiple times on December 2 on 999 to make a complaint when she was prohibited from doing so.
  • Called 999 and 101 in non-emergency situations on January 7, January 17, February 5, February 25 and March 15.

All the calls were made from her home, the court heard.

The CBO also prohibited Cash from behaving in any manner that causes, or is likely to cause, a nuisance to residents of Moat Crescent.

But on February 16 she was a nuisance to her neighbours, magistrates heard.

 

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Melanie Winterflood, prosecuting, said there was nothing unpleasant said in calls or voicemails by Cash but was frequently misusing the emergency numbers not for the purpose they are for. 

 

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Elle-May Macey, defending, said Cash had long-standing mental health issues asking for an adjournment for pre-sentence and psychiatric reports. 

Judith Hulland, chairman of the magistrates bench, told Cash to attend her sentencing on July 11 at the court. 

Cash was given unconditional bail.