Northamptonshire's worst 999 nuisance caller ‘lost the plot’ during malicious crime spree
A young man who has repeatedly targeted female 999 call handlers has avoided a jail term despite multiple court order breaches.
Ryan Carson has repeatedly phoned and messaged women, telling him he will rape them and their children. He targets 999 call operators and members of the public.
He has previously been before the courts in 2025 for stalking his parents and for telling probation officers he would burn down their house. He was given multiple chances to change, but continued with his behaviour.
In October last year he was given a criminal behaviour (CBO) by magistrates order that banned him from phoning 999.
But he was back before Northampton Crown Court last month to be sentenced for 15 offences which included malicious communications he made before the CBO was imposed, as well as numerous breaches of the order committed after it was made.
Carson, 20, formerly of Corby and Kettering, and now of Wellingborough Road, Northampton, called the Northamptonshire Police control room on August 28, 2025, at 11.35pm. During a four minute and 44 second call, he told the female operator he would kill police officers, would punch the operator and would then rape her.
Fifteen minutes later he called back and got another operator. He told her he would rape her. He made a further four malicious calls and was then arrested.
He told police he ‘wasn’t being listened to’.
On September 1 he again phoned 999 and told the operator he would rape her, tie her up, tape her mouth and rip her legs off. Carson did then call back to apologise, but then threatened to assault police officers, and again said he would rape her.
He was again arrested and told police he had made the threats because he was struggling with his mental health.
On September 9 Carson made multiple calls to police threatening to set himself on fire. He called the operator a ‘little sl*g’.
During a separate call he said he would kill the other people living in his accommodation.
On November 15, 16 and 17 he again phoned 999 and apologised but said he needed help and wanted to be in custody.
Between December 6 and 17 Carson contacted a local woman after she posted on social media, despite the fact she did not know him.
He threatened to rape her and said he would film it. He also threatened to show her his penis. On December 14 she was added to a Snapchat group in which the defendant said she had ruined his life. He threatened to rape everyone in the group, and the victim’s daughter, and then made another disgusting sexual threat to her.
He also messaged her from five different Facebook accounts.
And between December 7 and 10 he contacted a different female victim, making multiple sexual threats, before targeting two more women on December 15 with rape threats on social media.
Then, on December 12 he again phoned 999 at 1.20am and threatened to shoot himself, which prompted an armed response. He then phoned back and said that he had indecent images of children in his possession and admitted sexual offences.
He was arrested and interviewed by police and then remanded into custody.
He was before His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo at Northampton Crown Court to be sentenced for ten breaches of the CBO and five malicious communications offences, to which he pleaded guilty.
The court heard he was in breach of an 18 month community order and three suspended sentences.
While prosecutor Megan Morrison was outlining her case, Carson continually looked over at the press bench and smirked.
Mitigating for Carson, barrister Adam Pearson said: “He apologises to all those affected by his behaviour which he knows is inexcusable.
"He’s let himself down.
"The court was told that Carson was diagnosed with autism and ADHD but was not taking his medication at the time of the incidents. He was also abusing alcohol and crack cocaine.
"He describes this catalogue of offending as being during a time he felt he was having a mental health breakdown,” said Mr Pearson.
“He’d lost the plot.”
He said that his client was now taking his medication. He added that during a period of a deferred sentence last year – in which a judge delays sentencing to see how the defendant behaves – he managed to not re-offend at all.
"That period provided focus and structure,” said Mr Pearson.
His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo, sentencing Carson, said that his offences were ‘nasty and frightening’.
He added: "It’s not enough to say ‘oh well people who work for the police can expect to receive prank calls.’
"If does affect people.”
He said that Carson’s addiction to drink had not helped his behaviour, adding that his short stature had his height meant alcohol affects him more than other people.
"You know that the combination of boredom and alcohol are bad because they turn you into a monster and you say the most awful things.
"There are people really upset and affected by what you’ve done to them.”
He said he had ‘no choice’ but to impose a custodial sentence, but said that he would suspend it because the period of time when Carson was the best behaved was when he was awaiting a deferred sentence and knew there would be consequences for his actions.
He said that Carson would benefit from the input of the probation service.
He gave him 19 months in prison, suspended for 24 months, and said that he would reserve all breaches to himself. He will also have to complete 80 rehabilitation activity days and the judge ordered his progress to be reviewed next month back at Northampton Crown Court.
"I won’t let you down this time,” said Carson after the sentencing.