Foul-mouthed man banned from swearing in own home

An abusive alcoholic who dialled 999 over 170 times in 16 months has been banned from swearing in his own home.

Foul-mouthed Paul Crick, 45, flooded the emergency line with 171 calls between April 2012 and August this year. When police and paramedics arrived at his home in Waltham Abbey, Essex to help he subjected them to a torrent of abuse.



Essex Police said Crick also caused a “significant level of disturbance and distress to his neighbours” by constantly shouting and swearing. Magistrates in Chelmsford, Essex slapped Crick with an ASBO banning him from swearing for the next five years – even when in his own home.

Presiding magistrate Russell Pearson told him: “No shouting, even in your own home if you are heard by all your neighbours.” The other conditions stipulate that he must not to be verbally abusive, shout, swear or use foul or offensive language in any public place to other persons outside or at their home address.