A GRIMSBY man who bothered his neighbours by repeatedly playing loud music was left court with a bill for almost £500.
Officers from North East Lincolnshire Council investigated after neighbours complained about ongoing loud music and singing coming from a flat in Grampian Way, Scartho.
After first writing to the tenant in September 2021, officers installed a monitoring device three weeks later and recorded noise that was happening often enough and loud enough to be causing a nuisance.
They subsequently served the culprit with an abatement notice, a legal direction instructing him to stop playing loud music to an extent that it would cause a nuisance.
Officers visited the property in May 2022 after it emerged that he was again breaching the notice.
They reminded him about the terms of the notice and gave him another copy but further breaches occurred over the next few months.
This led to prosecution at Grimsby Magistrates' Court where the 58-year-old defendant was given a 12-month conditional discharge but ordered to pay £466.23 costs and a £26 victim surcharge.
Commenting afterwards, North East Lincolnshire Council's portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities, Cllr Ron Shepherd, said: "Most noise complaints can be resolved without the need for legal action, it’s rare that cases end up in court.
"Often, people are not aware of the issue they may be causing and a discussion with them usually works."
The information above was supplied by NELC, but has not said whether the defendant admitted the offence and, if so, what mitigation was offered.
Nor have any details been released about the type of music being played.
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