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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mustafa Javid Qadri

Pensioner who made more than 7,000 nuisance and abusive calls to emergency services jailed

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A pensioner who made more than 7,000 calls to the emergency services and subjected workers to “vile abuse” has been jailed.

Roger Jackson, 77, wasted more than 400 hours since September 2020 speaking to contact officers from Sussex Police and the South East Coast Ambulance Service.

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