PC convicted after false call caused UK security alarm

A police officer who sparked a major national security alert by falsely claiming a West Midlands Police colleague was to be kidnapped has today (Tuesday 3 May) been found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.Amar Tasaddiq Hussain (pictured left), aged 29 from Birmingham, admitted making the anonymous hoax call to West Midlands Police on 8 December 2014.Hussain gave the 999 operator information which suggested a Muslim police officer was about to be kidnapped