Woman made 339 abusive phone calls to 999
Monika Osinska was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to persistently making use of a public communication network
A woman who made hundreds of 'vile' phone calls to 999 operators has been jailed.
Monika Osinska, from Peel Green, made 339 malicious phone calls to operators, costing the Operational Communications Branch more than £1400 in lost time and wages.
She apparently had a history of making malicious phone calls.
She was handed a police caution for calling 999 more than 150 times in January 2019.
But that didn't stop her.
She was given an extention to an existing suspended sentence - of 15 months.
Upon her arrest this week, Wednesday 30 January 2019, she refused to accept that her behaviour was a problem, telling officers: “Well everyone calls 999. I read it in the paper.”
Superintendent Mark Kenny of GMP’s Salford Division said: “Anyone who ties up a 999 line with inappropriate calls prevents genuine emergencies being dealt with, and potentially puts lives in danger.
“Osinska’s deplorable behaviour has run this risk hundreds of times – not to mention causing gross offence to the hard-working call handlers who’ve had to deal with her frequent abuse, as well as wasting public money.
“The nature of Osinska’s calls was frequently vile – and never once referred to a valid emergency situation.
“She has been given numerous chances to cease this behaviour, but has refused time after time to engage with officers.
“Quite why she continued; only she knows. She has brought this punishment upon herself and will now have a long time to think about her actions.”