Pre-sentence reports are to be prepared after a woman admitted repeatedly making false calls to NI Ambulance Service and wasting police time.
Denise Bradley (44) from Castle Drive, Caledon knowingly made false statements as to her safety from June until last month.
She also persistently used a communications network causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety between April and October 31.
Bradley has been arrested on numerous occasions and despite strong police objections is released on bail with instructions to attend with her GP, but her offending continues.
Following the most recent arrest an officer explained Bradley had made 51 calls to police of which 42 were by the emergency 999 system.
“These calls are generally trivial in nature and include her asking for telephone numbers,” said the officer.
“In many calls she expresses self-harm ideation then denies having such thoughts.”
There were also 63 calls to NI Ambulance Service paramedics attend on 13 occasions she refused to travel and on another three she wasn’t at her address.
When police attended with her last month they provided a list of various numbers for assistance and support but she refuses to use these.
She is currently on bail for other offences, some of which hares serious, and the conditions of which state she must only use the 999 system in a genuine emergency.
However on 6 December a further report of misuse was received after Bradley rang an ambulance claiming to be bleeding heavily.
When paramedics arrived, she refused to be assessed and instead stated she might be pregnant adding, “It only costs £500 to send an ambulance and if you lock me up it will cost £57,000.”
At the most recent sitting District Judge Francis Rafferty said given the circumstances pre-sentence reports were essential.
He remanded Bradley on continuing bail to attend for sentencing on February 11.
