Owner James Cocksedge, 33, returned home from the shops to find the chaotic scene. “I didn’t tell him off,” said Mr Cocksedge. “I couldn’t. He already looked so ashamed of himself,” he said. “He got himself into this situation and then didn’t know what to do, so he just hid. If anything I felt a lot of sympathy for him. He was quite upset by the whole ordeal.” He added: “Basically, he always jumps when the phone rings and then starts knocking about the receiver.
“I imagine someone must have rang, he probably went nuts, dialled nine three times, heard a voice, suddenly freaked out and left the phone. Then the police started banging down the door and he hid.” Mr Cocksedge said: “All I know is, I left Bruce Lee and his sister Audrey for a couple of hours and when I got back the police were waiting outside my flat. They said: ‘Don’t worry, we’ve had to force entry, but the cat is all right.’
“The phone was on the floor. Audrey was quite relaxed but Bruce had disappeared. I found him looking guilty at the back of the wardrobe and I put two and two together.” A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman explained that they “couldn’t take any chances” by ignoring the call. “We take all abandoned calls seriously. These calls are typically resolved with a call back from a police operator, confirming the need for police. When call backs are unanswered, checks are carried out, and police will respond to the address where appropriate.”
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This is why the US uses 911 for emergency. Two different digits eliminates most dialing mistakes that happen when someone presses the same number too many times.
But then you have a lot of people that pre-program 911 for speed dial, and pressing one button will call emergency services.
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