A Belfast man has been jailed after calling the emergency services saying he needed more vodka
Peter O'Toole was handed a four-month sentence for making 17 nuisance phone calls for ambulances in a four-day period.
The 55-year-old, of Dunluce Avenue, was convicted of improper use of a public electronic communications network, and obstructing or hindering ambulance services from responding to emergency circumstances.
Belfast Magistrates' Court heard he sought an emergency ambulance 17 times between June 28 and July 1 this year.
A prosecution lawyer said: "In one of the 999 calls he was heard to say he needed another vodka."
Ambulance crews were sent out to his home on six occasions.
But according to police he either declined to be assessed or attend hospital.
When charged with the offences O'Toole replied that he had not been feeling well.
He claimed to have been drinking alcohol and suffering from anxiety.
According to defence barrister Danielle McMahon her client's behaviour was linked to sudden family bereavement.
Following submissions District Judge George Conner ordered O'Toole to serve four months in custody.