An embarrassed couple landed themselves in trouble when they
accidentally dialled 999 in a moment of passion.
Police received the emergency call from a mobile phone at 2am and
could hear the muffled sounds of what sounded like a distressed
woman.
When the woman didn't answer, police traced the call to a house in
Stanley, County Durham, and officers rushed to the address, reports
the Northern Echo.
A Durham Police spokesman said: "The couple, who answered the knock
on their door at just after 2am, were rather surprised and not a
little flustered to find uniformed police on the doorstep.
"Their disheveled appearance was soon explained, it seems the
physical activity taking place had been of the amorous rather than
violent kind.
"In the throes of passion they had managed to roll on top of the
telephone, which was resting on the floor, and accidentally
depressed the number nine button."
