Man's Booze Ban After 999 Nicki Minaj Call

A man has been banned from drinking alchol after dialing 999 and saying he was pop star Nicki Minaj.

Steven Brown, 23, from Cairn Walk in Crumlin, Co Antrim, made two calls in breach of a previous ASBO banning him from using the emergency number.

Belfast High court heard a man first called at 10:15am on Christmas day claimimg two men were making threats to kill him but was too intoxicated to provide further information and five minutes later =, the same man was said to have rang 999 again telling them he wanted to cancel his first call, the prosecution said.

It was during this second call that the man claimed he was the rapper Nicki Minaj and said there really was a poltergeist in his house.

Police arrested him for making the calls and was sentenced for the offences of a similar nature, that is, on alcohol related cases.

The judge released Brown however, on his own bail of 250 pounds and further banned him from possessing and consuming alcohol and from dialing 999 except in an emergency.

Brown’s barrister reported that his client had just been released from hospital and that he was taking his medication and had consumed alcohol against the doctor’s advice. He was also imposed a 10pm-7am curfew to avoid repetition of his nuisance.