Man jailed for four months for repeatedly calling 999 and pretending to be Nicki Minaj

 

A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail for breaking an Anti Social
Behavior Order (ASBO) by repeatedly making non-emergency calls to 999 and pretending to be Nicky Minaj.

Stephen Brown, of Crumlin, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, was branded a “nuisance” by the judge at Antrim County Court, and was told his actions could lead to those who needed help from the emergency services not receiving it, Belfast Live reported.

His defence lawyer, Aaron Thompson, described Mr Brown as a chronic alcoholic and “his own worst enemy” during the hearing, the newspaper reported.

Mr Brown had been appealing an eight month sentence for his breach of the ASBO, which had banned him from making non-emergency calls to 999 after a series of incidents. The judge reduced the sentence to four months.
In January this year Mr Brown was banned from drinking alcohol by the Belfast Crown Court after he breached the ASBO by making two calls to 999 on Christmas Day 2014 claiming to have seen a ghost while calling himself the American female rapper.
His defence lawyer at the time said Mr Brown had recently been released from hospital and had consumed alcohol while taking medication, against doctors’ advice, but the prosecution said he had recently served a sentence for “offences of a similar nature”.