I do know one local one-legged cunt who does a similar performance a couple of times a year. He drives his adapted car to a cliff edge somewhere then phones the police. he usually gets sectioned for a few week, and then repeats the cycle a few months later. In some parts of the world these pretend suicides are overdosing on homopathic medication (which they of cause know is ineffective) and then phoning for help .. this of course is as costly for the emergency services as them having to respond to a real medical emergency as they cannot be sure that they have not taken something that is really dangerous.. As to whether this is happening in the UK I know not.