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| Woman pleads guilty after Tunstall ambulance abuse note | |
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| A woman who verbally abused paramedics and left a foul-mouthed note on their ambulance in Stoke-on-Trent has admitted a public order offence. | A woman who verbally abused paramedics and left a foul-mouthed note on their ambulance in Stoke-on-Trent has admitted a public order offence. |
| Kirsty Sharman, 26, appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre after being arrested on Monday. | |
| Sharman accepted writing the handwritten message, which said she did not care "if the whole street collasped [sic]". | Sharman accepted writing the handwritten message, which said she did not care "if the whole street collasped [sic]". |
| It was left on an ambulance dealing with a 999 call in Tunstall on Sunday. | It was left on an ambulance dealing with a 999 call in Tunstall on Sunday. |
| 'Not acceptable' | |
| The ambulance had been responding to a next door neighbour's 999 call to help his wife, who was "experiencing breathing difficulties", prosecutor Liz Ryder told magistrates. | |
| Sharman then went into the street and swore at a paramedic, telling him to move the ambulance. | |
| Through her solicitor, Hayley Keegan, Sharman offered her "most sincere apologies to the ambulance staff". | |
| She was arrested after a social media plea by West Midlands Ambulance Service staff who reported colleagues had the note put on the back windscreen of a vehicle. | |
| Ch Insp John Owen said it was "really important" public servants who are there to serve and help the community "feel safe in their day to day duties". | |
| He said: "This type of behaviour cannot be tolerated, and I know my view is supported by 99% of our community. | |
| "Paramedics are there to help those in absolute need, and for them to feel threatened or intimidated whilst potentially saving a life is just not acceptable." | |
| The court fined Sharman £120 and she was ordered to pay £135 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, police said. |