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Noise costs man
1:05pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008
A noisy neighbour in Worcester Park faces fines and legal costs of more than £1,600 after ignoring council orders to turn the sound down.
Thomas Curd, 22, of Brinkley Road, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £650 in court costs after ignoring noise complaints and abatement notices for the past 14 months.
Curd's neighbours first complained about loud music in November 2006.
When Curd ignored a council abatement notice in May, he was given a £100 fine.
When he ignored that, Sutton Council prosecuted.
Colin Hall, deputy leader and executive member for the environment, said: "Every resident has the right to a good night's sleep and the council will not hesitate to take action against persistent noise nuisance offenders.
"Those who continue to disturb their neighbours in this way will find it will cost them dearly."
Curd did not attend the court hearing on January 10.
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Den, Wallington says...
12:40pm Sat 26 Jan 08
When Curd ignored a council abatement notice in May, he was given a £100 fine.
When he ignored that, Sutton Council prosecuted.
Looks to me like he deserved the punishment if he was playing loud music all the time and continuing to ignore all reports.
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halle, sutton says...
9:15am Fri 25 Jan 08
I work full time and my boyfriend attends uni 5 days a week, so we are barely home anyway, yet these particular neighbours continue to complain. I am very concious, especially now not to make any noise - sometimes making myself very angry as I cannot do anything in my own mortage paid home. If this guy is just a noisy, unthoughtful so and so then he completely deserves whatever he gets - but prehaps people should look at if its all his fault.