A FLINTSHIRE man who rang police threatening to kill himself has been dealt with by way of a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order.

Peter John Williams made a series of calls to North Wales Police last September and made threats as he wanted officers to get in touch with his former girlfriend.

He said that if they did not do so he would kill himself.

“He became quite demanding and he was getting quite frustrating to deal with. He appeared to be using his mental health issues and those threats as a sort of lever to get his own way,” said prosecutor Robert Blakemore.

North East Wales Magistrates Court was told Williams, 25, was in a relationship for many years with his ex and he was concerned that her new partner had been released from prison.

Williams made one call telling police if they did not get his former girlfriend to call him, then he would kill himself. In another he said he was on the way to kill himself and again asked for his former partner to be contacted.

“He declined any offer of help and it went as far as a police negotiator becoming involved to try and communicate with him,” said Mr Blakemore.

“He was very keen to get in touch with her but he didn’t know where she was.”

Williams was traced and when interviewed by officers he said he had “a major problem with cannabis”.

Williams, of Northop Road, Flint, admitted persistently making use of a public communications network to cause annoyance and anxiety between September 10 and 14 last year.

Victoria Handley, defending, told the Mold court: “He says his former partner went into a safe house because her (new) partner was coming out of prison and he was concerned about her.

"He made these phone calls to police just to make sure that she was okay.

“He suffers from Asperger’s, depression and Tourette’s and he uses cannabis to self-medicate.”

As well as the court order magistrates fined Williams £120 and told him to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £35.