Deaf and blind woman created mayhem with 230 hoax emergency calls

A BLIND and deaf woman caused mayhem for West Yorkshire emergency services after making more than 200 hoax phone calls including one falsely claiming there was a bomb which led to Dewsbury and District Hospital being evacuated, a court heard

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Jan 2011, 22:06 BST

Updated 27th Jan 2011, 22:06 BST

Jacqueline Hustler, 43, appeared before Bradford Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with three counts of making hoax calls to West Yorkshire Police, Dewsbury Hospital and the Batley Enterprise Centre.

She pleaded guilty on all counts.

Prosecutor Paul Ramsey said that as well as hoax emergency calls the defendant had falsely reported that she had been raped and assaulted.

Between 24 July 2009 and 10 July 2010, Hustler of Moorgate Avenue in Bradford Moor, Bradford, is known to have made about 230 hoax calls to the emergency services.

The court heard that the calls she made included false bomb threats to the Batley Enterprise Centre.

She also made false reports of abandoned children being left outside the hospital.

District Judge Susan Bouch granted her conditional bail.

She is due to appear before Bradford Crown Court on February 24.