A father-of-two who bombarded women all over Britain with more than 1,200 obscene phone calls has been jailed for a year.
Dean Barber, 25, was found guilty after months of targeting potential victims at sports centres, recruitment agencies, and shops.
He was arrested at his home in Westminster, central London.
Barber admitted to causing a public nuisance between November 2006 and last month.
Judge Christopher Hardy described his actions as 'disgraceful behaviour' and stated, "This particular case is so unpleasant and so extensive that clearly the court must impose a custodial sentence to indicate its abhorrence of this sort of persistent behaviour." The judge emphasized the severity of Barber's actions, noting that at least 1,200 calls were made by him, with many more likely.
Many victims were left terrified by his conduct.
The investigation involved Scotland Yard's Telecommunications Intelligence Unit and British Telecom's Nuisance Call Bureau, which ultimately identified Barber as the perpetrator.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first name
49.3%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
49.3%
Surname region
UK
United States
40.3%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
A father-of-two who bombarded women all over Britain with more than 1,200 obscene phone calls has been jailed for a year. Dean Barber, 25, was found guilty after months of targeting potential victims at sports centres, recruitment agenci...
Prison sentence
a year
A father-of-two who bombarded women all over Britain with more than 1,200 obscene phone calls has been jailed for a year
