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Brighton woman's noisy sex life lands her in court

8:30am Friday 8th August 2008 in


A woman has been fined for having such a noisy sex life it kept her neighbours awake at night.

Kerry Norris could be heard having sex and shouting out so loudly that her worn-out neighbours forced council bosses to take her to court.

The 29-year-old made so much noise some residents could get so little sleep they could not work while others had to move away just for a nap.

Today the mother-of-one was ordered to keep the noise down and fined for breaking a previous court order banning her from making a racket.

Brighton Magistrates' Court was told the sound of Norris' headboard repeatedly banging against the wall of her flat in Bramble Way, Hollingbury, stopped her neighbours sleeping.

Locals also said they were disturbed by loud music, shouting and swearing throughout the day and night and vacuuming in the early hours of the morning.

Brighton and Hove City Council took action after receiving complaints for two years about her behaviour in the three-storey block of flats.

Unemployed Norris, who has lived at the flats for 13 years, denied she was a noisy neighbour and said other people in the flats had often disturbed her.

Magistrates found her guilty of breaching a noise abatement order, fined her £200 and ordered her to pay £100 costs.

Comments(15)

Andy R says...
9:26am Fri 8 Aug 08

A more cynical person than me might suspect that this report is talking up one small aspect of a general noise nuisance purely for sensationalism.

But I'm sure that isn't the case...............

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Ray says...
9:53am Fri 8 Aug 08

Sounds great , I would love to hear my neighbours at it !

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disgruntledHove says...
10:57am Fri 8 Aug 08

Simple solution..Remove the headboard from the bed and use a gag! Was the vacuum cleaner an aid or a chore!!
Try living close to an airport..that IS noise.
If you live with the masses in the cities, you have to expect the noises of living. Kids, ambulances,fire engines, road drills etc.
My neigbour complains if someone pulls a toilet chain or runs a bath after 10.30pm (when she goes to bed)...says it is not necessary!

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Tracey says...
11:51am Fri 8 Aug 08

And the first thing that attracted them to each other...was their hair...oi on their head!

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Made In Sussex says...
12:24pm Fri 8 Aug 08

Too Right! Many people have to live in flats and dont realise that unlike a house noise has more impact on other residents whos life can be made a misery.

The odd bit off sex noise shouldnt be a problem, but two years worth of this plus loud music etc would be enough to pee anyone off.

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whatithink says...
9:28pm Fri 8 Aug 08

I think she needs to move... away from neighbours who obviously don't have sense of fun. Read the article - it's not her fault. The walls are 'paper thin'.
I wouldn't want to live next to loud music and someone who hits the walls with a baseball bat... but the sex stuff? What's the problem?

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Bubs says...
2:07am Sun 26 Oct 08

£200 fine + £100 costs is quite a lot, but it sounds like they had at least £300 worth of fun.

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voice_of_middle_england says...
12:10pm Sun 26 Oct 08

If her noisy carnal delights are causing a problem with the neighbours she is more than welcome to come round to my large detached house with silent headboards, once I've got rid of Mrs voice_of_middle_engl
and for the day.

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Variable says...
1:50pm Sun 26 Oct 08

Woot! I got this greenlighted on Fark.com Go Argus!

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CaptainStarbucks says...
9:49pm Sun 26 Oct 08

Don't know why he looks so smug! Bet most of the nosce happened when he was at work!

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CaptainStarbucks says...
9:50pm Sun 26 Oct 08

Don't know why he looks so smug! Bet most of the noise happened when he was at work!

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disgruntledHove says...
5:11pm Mon 27 Oct 08

This story was in the Argus in August. Boring!!!

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Made In Sussex says...
8:50am Tue 28 Oct 08

Andy R.. cynical..never!

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greeg says...
12:59am Thu 30 Oct 08

She's be in Worthing magistrates if it was my bedroom!

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greeg says...
1:00am Thu 30 Oct 08

greeg wrote:
She's be in Worthing magistrates if it was my bedroom!
She'd be in Worthing magistrates if it was my bedroom!

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