there's some bizarre people around...
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bbc said:
A rapper is tying up police emergency lines by bombarding a force with nuisance calls.
He dials 999 before rapping to operators at Greater Manchester Police - who are not allowed to cut him off.
Despite officers blocking more than 60 SIM cards, the man has plagued them since January 2009.
Police said the man "has made thousands of calls where he chants, sings, raps, preaches and plays loud music to call handlers".
In the past three months he has made 700 calls, lasting between three and five minutes, slowing down the call handlers' response to other calls.
However, a police spokesman said there was never an occasion when a call was missed. The caller would have to put the phone down - the system would not let it ring out.
Supt Karan Lee said the caller's "inappropriate outbursts" are putting "lives at risk".
During many of the calls, the operator answers the phone to be met with a barrage of music and rants.
His rapping is difficult to decipher but during one call he started shouting about his citizen's rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/10386731.stmHe dials 999 before rapping to operators at Greater Manchester Police - who are not allowed to cut him off.
Despite officers blocking more than 60 SIM cards, the man has plagued them since January 2009.
Police said the man "has made thousands of calls where he chants, sings, raps, preaches and plays loud music to call handlers".
In the past three months he has made 700 calls, lasting between three and five minutes, slowing down the call handlers' response to other calls.
However, a police spokesman said there was never an occasion when a call was missed. The caller would have to put the phone down - the system would not let it ring out.
Supt Karan Lee said the caller's "inappropriate outbursts" are putting "lives at risk".
During many of the calls, the operator answers the phone to be met with a barrage of music and rants.
His rapping is difficult to decipher but during one call he started shouting about his citizen's rights
I am a bit of a technophobe but surely it wouldn't be difficult to pinpoint where the caller is? I seem to recall some sort of discussion around the time of the Soham murders that they could tell one of the little girls mobile phones was switched off at or in Ian Huntley's house?
I know this isn't as serious as a murder but it's got to be worth the resources of the police and the mobile phone providers!
I know this isn't as serious as a murder but it's got to be worth the resources of the police and the mobile phone providers!
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