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| Exhall child death hoax caller pretended to be a doctor | Exhall child death hoax caller pretended to be a doctor |
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| A man has admitted making hoax calls to eight families telling them their child had died. | A man has admitted making hoax calls to eight families telling them their child had died. |
| Ashley Dodd, 28, rang his victims claiming to be a doctor at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, Leamington Magistrates' Court heard. | Ashley Dodd, 28, rang his victims claiming to be a doctor at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, Leamington Magistrates' Court heard. |
| Dodd, of Hayes Lane, Exhall, Warwickshire picked his victims at random after he had been binge-drinking on 6 and 7 June, the court was told. | |
| He admitted eight offences under the Malicious Communications Act. | |
| Dodd is due be sentenced on 23 September. | |
| He told the court he was "messing around" while drinking, but the court heard his actions caused families "shock and devastation". | |
| Some families took several hours to trace their children to discover they were well, the court heard. |