Chorley man accused of breaching five year criminal behaviour order over alleged NHS calls

A man has appeared in court accused of breaching a criminal behaviour order imposed for making nuisance 999 calls.
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John Gerald McBrearty, of Lancaster Court, Chorley, received the five year court order in February, banning him calling 999 and non emergency numbers without a genuine reason.

It was the result of a three day spate of more than 50 nuisance calls to 999 in December, in which the 60-year-old argued with call handlers, and took up at least 150 minutes of call handler time.

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McBrearty is now accused of breaching the criminal behaviour order by allegedly making 88 nuisance calls to the NHS Home Treatment Team on a non-emergency number, and also phoning the NHS Start team 48 times.

He denies the charges and his case is adjourned until June 30.

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