Police warn Mills over number of 999 calls

Published on Friday 16 March 2007 01:05

HEATHER Mills was criticised by a police force yesterday over her "disproportionate" number of emergency calls.

A senior officer said they had dealt with four emergency calls from Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife in a 24-hour period, but inquiries found no grounds for further action.

Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore warned there was a danger of further complaints not being taken seriously.

It has been reported that Mills, 38, has complained of being followed by photographers near her home in Hove, East Sussex.

Mr Moore, of the local force, said: "We are having to spend a disproportionate amount of time on one particular person.

"We are duty-bound to respond, but clearly people who make lots of calls to the police run the risk of being treated as the little boy who cried wolf."

"Officers who have attended previously to find there have been no grounds might not take any claims seriously, and that's the danger we face."

Last month, it emerged Mills had been in talks with Sussex Police after receiving death threats.

Her spokesman, Phil Hall, said

yesterday: "She is a single mum who has been very nervous about all the things that have happened. She has been followed late at night by people she does not know.

"The danger is that she will not call police in future and something serious will happen. What is she supposed to do?"

Meanwhile, Mills broke her silence on her split from Sir Paul, saying: "I'll always love him."

The pair are battling through the courts over a financial settlement and custody of their daughter, Beatrice, three.