Leeds man with 'deep-seated disgust' for police jailed for making over 200 abusive and sexually offensive calls to female officers and call handlers

A man with a 'deep-seated disgust' for police made over 200 abusive calls to two officers and civilian call handlers.
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Patrick Kiringa bombarded two female officers and the police national call centre with "distressing" messages after a complaint he made against West Yorkshire Police was dismissed.

Leeds Crown Court heard Kiringa was then arrested at his home in Torre Road, Leeds, and a fake passport was found in his bedside drawer.

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Kiringa was jailed for ten months after pleading guilty to an offence under the Malicious Communications Act and and possession of a false identity document.

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Tim Jacobs, prosecuting, said the offences arose out of a complaint Kiringa made had made on an earlier occasion about police treatment towards him.

An investigation into the matter was carried out by a female detective sergeant who contacted Kiringa by phone and had a 15-minute conversation with him.

Mr Jacobs said the detective reviewed the evidence and found that the officers that had been complained about had acted appropriately towards the defendant.

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Kiringa called the detective sergeant back and became abusive towards her.

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The prosecutor said Kiringa used sexually offensive language on the calls.

The officers and the call handlers were distressed by the messages and a decision was taken to arrest him at his home in April this year.

The fake passport was found during a search of the premises.

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When interviewed about the offending Kiringa claimed he had Tourette's syndrome.

He also told officers: "You are wasting our time. You are all racist."

Kiringa said he had obtained the fake passport years earlier from his sister's ex-partner as he wanted to go to university.

The defendant said he had kept the document as a souvenir.

Mr Jacobs said there was no evidence of the passport being used to gain entry to a university.

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The court heard Kiringa is a Kenyan national and is not a legal resident in the UK.

He has 19 previous convictions which include offences of harassment and escaping lawful custody.

Richard Reed, mitigating, said: "Clearly Mr Kiringa has a long-standing and deep-seated disgust of officialdom, in particular the police and the courts and that really is the background to this offending of late.

"It appears that the probation officer has made some progress in getting him to understand the areas where he needs to address his behaviour.

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"He can see that he has a somewhat irrational approach and he has got to moderate his behaviour or he is going to be appearing before this court time and again."

Jailing Kiringa, Judge Neil Clark said: "It seems to me that anybody who commits an offence of this type has to expect a custodial sentence.

"This communication was serious.

"It was an accumulation of persistent abuse and it wasted a lot of police time."