"THIS will be the worst call you will ever have," was just one example of an Isle of Wight man's abuse of emergency call staff he had pestered over a four-month period.

Michael Clifton-Smith, of High Street, Ventnor, admitted persistently making use of a public communication network to cause annoyance, inconvenience and anxiety, between November 15 of last year and March 13.

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Clifton-Smith also admitted failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) — forbidding him from calling emergency services, unless in a genuine emergency — between December 4 of last year and March 12.

Clifton-Smith is no stranger to this type of criminality. For almost a year, he bombarded emergency services with over 1,000 nuisance and abusive phone calls, for which he was fined £240.

His calls included a threat to kill a call handler and had put an air ambulance call-out at risk.

Despite his conviction and still subject to the CPN, Clifton-Smith continued to make nuisance calls and was "aggressive and rude" toward call takers.

The court heard Clifton-Smith phoned the ambulance service ten times, and the police 21 times, said Lauren McConnell, prosecuting, at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court.  

An ambulance service representative received 999 calls from Clifton-Smith, claiming he was dying, then started shouting abuse and "talked over her" as she tried to help.

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When she warned him to stop, Clifton-Smith became argumentative and said: "If I have to start threatening you again, I'll do it."

On an NHS 111 call, Clifton-Smith shouted, beginning with: "This will be the worst call you will ever have," before he ended it with: "You have murdered me."

Mrs McConnell said there was no apparent reason why his calls were made.  

Bilge Kartal, defending, said Clifton-Smith was autistic and had other 'communication-related' disorders, "which caused him, at times of stress, to raise his voice and repeat things".

Clifton-Smith had mental health problems, which deteriorated when robbed in 2021, claiming he called because he "felt insecure".

Through his solicitor, Clifton-Smith expressed remorse.

Clifton-Smith, unemployed, told magistrates before sentencing him: "I'll pay any fine you like — within reason".

Magistrates fined him £200, with £85 costs and an £80 surcharge.

Presiding magistrate, David Wilson, warned Clifton-Smith of a suspended sentence or custody, should he make such calls again.

"Your calls prevented someone with a real emergency from getting through."