Man made 'menacing' phone call to police

FATHER-OF-TWO GIVEN 'LAST CHANCE' AFTER THREATENING TO ATTACK FEMALE OFFICER

- By MARK NAYLOR

A HEAVY-drinking troublemaker made a “menacing” telephone call to the police and threatened to attack a female officer after getting angry that she had allegedly “pulled a Taser on him” during an earlier visit to his home.

Father-of-two David Barber had “issues with authority” and his bad-tempered behaviour was a “burden and blight on the emergency services” because the police had more serious matters to deal with than his drink-fuelled antics, Hull Crown Court heard.

Barber, 42, of Ashworthy Close, off Bude Road, Bransholme, Hull, admitted making an offensive telephone call to the police on April 7.

Andrew Lister, prosecuting, said that Barber telephoned Humberside Police and asked that police go back to his home after an earlier visit there for an unrelated matter. During the “menacing” call, he made threats towards police.

Barber said during the call: “The officers that came to Ashworthy Close. Let them all come back because now I'm ready. After threatening me, I’m not going to let them get away with that.