Prison term after hoax call

Police searched the River Bann for a mile and a half after a Lurgan man made an emergency call saying a man had gone into the river, Craigavon Magistrates Court heard last Friday.

Ian Roland (46), Glenfield Road, Lurgan, admitted two charges of improper use of a telecommunications system on November 2, 2013.

For each offence he was sentenced to four months in prison.

The court heard that on November 2, 2013, at 7.50am the ambulance service received a 999 call from the defendant saying he had cut his wrists. When they attended they found it was only a superficial injury.