Brighton woman tormented neighbours with banana splits (From The Argus)
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Brighton woman tormented neighbours with banana splits
2:30pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010 in News By Emily Walker, Chief Reporter
A woman infuriated her neighbours by playing a TV theme tune for three years.
Amanda Millard's neighbours got so fed up of hearing the music from 1960s cartoon The Banana Splits that they called in environmental health officials.
Brighton and Hove City Council noise patrol officers also recorded Millard playing The Animals's House of the Rising Sun and Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier at full volume from her flat at Pope's Court, Freehold Terrace, Brighton.
Despite warning letters and an abatement notice, Millard refused to turn the volume down.
Brighton Magistrates' Court fined Millard £250 for breaching the noise abatement notice on Friday.
Councillor Geoffrey Theobald, cabinet member for environment, said: "The neighbours of Ms Millard have clearly been subjected to unacceptable levels of noise for a long period of time which has had a serious effect on their quality of life and wellbeing.
"This sends out a clear message that this council will not tolerate noise nuisance will prosecute those responsible."
Comments(21)
tpebop...
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3:11pm Tue 23 Feb 10
And all done in 3 years, not too much for B&H to brag about.
B&H should be in court AND fined
PaulOckenden
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3:16pm Tue 23 Feb 10
La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la laaaa
East Brunswick
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3:25pm Tue 23 Feb 10
The Council appear to have not been able to stop this women tormenting her neighbours for three years????
BiggerH
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3:37pm Tue 23 Feb 10
Gaz the great
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4:32pm Tue 23 Feb 10
puddingandpi
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6:06pm Tue 23 Feb 10
rostron71
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7:01pm Tue 23 Feb 10
Can I also ask for someone at Brighton Council to comment on why they allowed this to go on for THREE YEARS? Protecting the human rights of the tormentor, no doubt.
The Brighton Bear
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7:04pm Tue 23 Feb 10
stan bailey
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7:06pm Tue 23 Feb 10
tpebop... wrote:This is worse than the case last week
Quote: "The neighbours of Ms Millard have clearly been subjected to unacceptable levels of noise for a long period of time which has had a serious effect on their quality of life and wellbeing.
And all done in 3 years, not too much for B&H to brag about.
B&H should be in court AND fined
melfromhove
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7:24pm Tue 23 Feb 10
Christophe Hawtree
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7:53pm Tue 23 Feb 10
There was peace ever after that.
So, next time the Banana Splits' tune is played, in whatever version, I suggest a twenty-minute Yoko work-out ad infinitum, though by dawn the point has surely been made.
Some might ask why I have a box set of Yoko but that is another matter.
TheInsider
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9:14pm Tue 23 Feb 10
I asked him politely to try and behave and he gave me a mouthful of abuse. I told him I was calling the council to deal with him and he asked if I was threatening him. I felt like landing one on him, but to be honest, he is about five stone and I would probably kill him. He is the most disgusting human being I have ever encountered.
He is utterly selfish, he intimidates old people by knocking on their doors asking for cash and he looks shocking.
Mental health problems or not, decent working people must be protected from nuisance neighbours.
I will vote for the party who bring in powers to tackle these poeple much quicker than the current processes.
jaywalker
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10:23pm Tue 23 Feb 10
BiggerH wrote:BiggerH,
Banana Splits/Animals songs are pretty good, but having to listen to Bob Marley for more than 5 mins would have done my head in
Bob Marley is brilliant, he's gonna make it big time soon, take it from me! OHH OHH me spliff's gone out!
Acheron
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11:49pm Tue 23 Feb 10
Terry Walpole
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8:50am Wed 24 Feb 10
Amanda Millard must be a right witch.
Not on my watch
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8:50am Wed 24 Feb 10
cheezburger
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12:26pm Wed 24 Feb 10
No it sends out a message saying if you have a complaint about a nusiance we will not take it seriously. We will let them get away with it for years.
Wiggsy
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1:16pm Wed 24 Feb 10
TheInsider wrote:Agree with all of the above, especially your final paragraph
melfromhove I feel for you. My partner lives in a flat below a mental health patient and heroin addict. He makes her life and the elderly residents in the other flats an utter misery with his music, junkie friends urinating outside in broad daylight, dealers openly selling smack to him outside the flat, shouting and even throwing bags of rubbish out of the windows into her garden. I asked him politely to try and behave and he gave me a mouthful of abuse. I told him I was calling the council to deal with him and he asked if I was threatening him. I felt like landing one on him, but to be honest, he is about five stone and I would probably kill him. He is the most disgusting human being I have ever encountered. He is utterly selfish, he intimidates old people by knocking on their doors asking for cash and he looks shocking. Mental health problems or not, decent working people must be protected from nuisance neighbours. I will vote for the party who bring in powers to tackle these poeple much quicker than the current processes.
jamus77
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3:45pm Wed 24 Feb 10
rostron71
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7:32pm Wed 24 Feb 10
cheezburger wrote:My thoughts exactly. When are they going to grow some teeth when it comes to inconsiderate neighbours?
"This sends out a clear message that this council will not tolerate noise nuisance will prosecute those responsible." No it sends out a message saying if you have a complaint about a nusiance we will not take it seriously. We will let them get away with it for years.
You can bet they would take a lot less time than three years to throw the book at you if you didn't pay your council tax bill.
kkj says...
2:43pm Tue 23 Feb 10
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How long has it taken the council to bring the woman to court? When was the first warning letter sent? How many letters? When was the abatement notice served? How long after the abatement notice was served was the woman prosecuted?
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Until we know all this, how can we be sure that the council is taking complaints seriously?