Derry man jailed for six months over hoax ambulance calls
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Stephen Brian Kennedy, 29, of Leafair Park in Londonderry made a number of hoax calls to the ambulance service
A man who made hoax calls to the ambulance service has been jailed for six months after a judge warned someone could have died because of them.
Stephen Kennedy, 29, of Leafair Park in Londonderry, was convicted of improper use of the communication network.
He made the calls in November and December 2021 and then another in February 2023.
Deputy district judge Chris Holmes said his actions could have had serious consequences.
He told him that there was only a limited number of ambulances available at any one time and while they were tied up responding to his hoax calls, someone else in need of an ambulance could have died.
The judge told Kennedy that his actions put "innocent people at very significant risk" and jailed him for six months at Londonderry Magistrates' Court.
He was later bailed pending an appeal.