W. Yorkshire Police appeal over 3yr old 999 call

supermezzo

http://news.sky.com/story/967204/999-call-that-sparked-hunt-in-leeds-was-hoax

*max*

Jeezusss...I hope those little brats get a good telling off, and a stern word from a couple of burly uniforms! :cool:

Tropez

I had considered saying I hoped this was a hoax but left it out, just in case.

On the positive side, at least there isn't a panicked three year old girl out there trapped in a house with a dead mother lying in the kitchen.

On the negative side, we have a couple of ten year olds who likely won't be given anything more than a ticking off despite wasting time and resources of an already stretched emergency service system. Hopefully, while they had their fun nobody who truly needed assistance suffered as a result.

rdchick

33 minutes of 999 operator time wasted - I did think the voice sounded older than 3 xxx

fudgecat

Easy to be wise after the event, I know, but I have to say that I have just picked up the thread and listened to the message and thought to myself that it did not sound like a three year old. The clues were that the replies to the questions came much too quickly for such a young child and the timbre of the voice was that of an older child. And, no, I didn`t see the end of The Sixth Sense coming, just in case you think I am a clever clogs!:D

Acc72

Tropez wrote: »

On the positive side, at least there isn't a panicked three year old girl out there trapped in a house with a dead mother lying in the kitchen.

I agree, although I do wonder at what 10 year old could dream this up and actually go through with this "hoax".

peachyprice

Supermom wrote: »

Reported as a HOAX, two ten year old girls thought it would be funny

Can't say I'm surprised at all, for a 3yo there was too much info but it was too vague IYSWIM

I hope the police send their parents a bill for the police time wasted on this.

matthewfelgate

More worrying is how two 10 year old girls managed to fool the police. I also learned for the first time that the police can't trace where calls come from - horrifying! Plus some reports has the address as 'court' and others had it as 'mount', it played out like chinese-whispers across news sites.

rdchick

Acc72 wrote: »

I agree, although I do wonder at what 10 year old could dream this up and actually go through with this "hoax".

for 33 mins too - without giggling... xxx

Tropez

Acc72 wrote: »

I agree, although I do wonder at what 10 year old could dream this up and actually go through with this "hoax".

It's amazing what some kids can get up to and find funny.

The local fire service released a bunch of fake calls that were made to them in the past few years. Many of them sounded like kids (and of course, several adults who should know better). One couple of girls, who sounded somewhere around 11-13 reported a fire at a chip shop but the operator knew that they were calling from a payphone several miles away and pulled them up on it. The phone quickly went dead.