Today's most viewed
| TOP STORIES |  | | | | | | | FEATURES | | | | | | MAYOR NEWS | | | | TRAVEL | | | | COMPETITIONS | | |
|
|
|
Noisy neighbour fined
A noisy tenant who plagued his neighbours with late night music and loud television has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 in fines and court costs.
Twayne McPherson was convicted of three counts of breaching the Environmental Protection Act in a hearing at South Western Magistrates' Court.
The court heard that following a number of complaints about late night noise nuisance which were witnessed and verified by the council's noise patrol, McPherson was served with a noise abatement notice.
The notice, which was hand delivered to his flat in Wallis Close on July 26 last year, warned him that if he carried on creating any further nuisance he was likely to face legal action.
But less than three weeks later on August 13, a patroller was called to his address just before 3am following complaints of a noisy television. The patroller called at his door but no one replied.
On September 10, patrollers were again called to Wallis Close at 2am, where they encountered more noise from his flat. This time it was loud music and voices. When the patroller knocked on the front door, no one answered.
Finally on October 15, the patrollers were once again called to his address just before 3am to find the television turned up so loud that neighbours would not have been able to sleep properly.
Again no one came to answer the door.
McPherson was fined a total of £240 for the three offences and ordered to pay £15 to his victims and £887 towards the council's prosecution costs.
8:33pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
Print 
Email this 
CommentPosted by: excuse me?, tooting on 1:24am Thu 15 May 08
when I suffered from this type of noise abuse I lost many days work and subsequently pay through noise abuse as I was on a contract. Either way it's an horrendous form of bullying and anti-social behaviour. Come on London let's sort ourselves out
when I suffered from this type of noise abuse I lost many days work and subsequently pay through noise abuse as I was on a contract. Either way it's an horrendous form of bullying and anti-social behaviour. Come on London let's sort ourselves out
Posted by: Gerald stimpson, Wandsworth on 9:04am Thu 15 May 08
Court order, then confiscation of the equipment is the answer. Same applies to car sound systems if put on notice and they breach the order confiscate and destroy the car.
I believe the laws are already there but like so many government fixes they do not fund the resource to enforce them.
Court order, then confiscation of the equipment is the answer. Same applies to car sound systems if put on notice and they breach the order confiscate and destroy the car.
I believe the laws are already there but like so many government fixes they do not fund the resource to enforce them.
Posted by: Me again, SURREY on 1:59pm Thu 15 May 08
And he's probably on benefits so us tax payers will pay his fine at £1 a week out of his dole money.
And he's probably on benefits so us tax payers will pay his fine at £1 a week out of his dole money.
Posted by: Kyle, Halifax CA on 1:59pm Fri 16 May 08
Jail time may be in order as well! Here the police would respond to it and if he persisted in it he would be dragged off to jail for disturbing the peace! No one responding to the door would result in it be broken in...need to be tougher in the UK over this ASBOs and things like that just don't work.
Jail time may be in order as well! Here the police would respond to it and if he persisted in it he would be dragged off to jail for disturbing the peace! No one responding to the door would result in it be broken in...need to be tougher in the UK over this ASBOs and things like that just don't work.
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
