PC jailed after bogus 999 call sparked security alert

A police officer who sparked a major national security alert by falsely claiming a West Midlands Police colleague was to be kidnapped has today (Friday 27 May) been jailed for seven years.Amar Tasaddiq Hussain (pictured left), aged 29 from Birmingham, was found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice on 3 May at Stafford Crown Court.Hussain made an anonymous hoax call to West Midlands Police on 8 December 2014 and gave the 999 operator information which suggested a police officer w