7 years for a hoax 999 phone call

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A police officer who sparked a nationwide terrorism alert by making a hoax 999 call to his own force has been jailed for seven years.

PC Amar Tasaddiq Hussain sent West Midlands police into ?overdrive? after phoning through an anonymous warning that a terrorist with links to Syria was planning to kidnap a Muslim police officer.

Jailing Hussain at Stafford crown court on Friday, judge Michael Chambers QC criticised the 29-year-old officer for showing no remorse and pleading not guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence.

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Posted By: Ralf Scrampton, May 27, 13:43:52