A Stowmarket man has been jailed for nine months after he made multiple calls to the police and ambulance service.  

Andrew Alden of Pintail Road appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Friday, December 2, where he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of breaching his criminal behaviour order and one count of sending false message by public electronic communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety.

As well as being sentenced the 61-year-old was also ordered to pay compensation of £450 to the ambulance service and £150 compensation to the police. 

He was also made subject to a new criminal behaviour order for three years.

Between March 2, and November 20, police had logged 73 calls logged from his home address - the ambulance service also received a significant number of calls.

The initial criminal behaviour order issued was issued by Ipswich Magistrates Court on 4 August 2020.

The CBO prevented the defendant from calling 999 emergency services and from calling 111 NHS number unless the such call was a genuine emergency, reasonable and justifiable and was to run between August 4 2020 and August 3 2022. 

This was issued following a conviction in 2020 for sending false message by public electronic communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety for multiple false calls to police and ambulance.