Worthing foot fetish nuisance caller given suspended sentence
Investigating officer, Rose Horan, said: "He specifically targeted female officers, some in busy departments dealing with serious sexual offences and online child abuse, wasting scarce public resources to indulge his sexual fetish."Cove was also banned from calling 999 unless in a genuine emergency and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work.In September 2021, Cove was also given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for two years for calling the NHS 111 service.
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