A man subjected to the sound of Art Garfunkel in the early mornings described his ordeal as a “hellish experience.”

The residents of Penshurst Palace, Brighton, endured the sound of Bright Eyes throughout the early hours – every day of the week.

Neighbours of Colin Dibley complained of sleepless nights and being kept awake by shouting, screaming, banging and swearing.

One neighbour even complained that he could hear a whole episode of Doctor Who through the wall.

DIbley played loud computer games and let his dogs bark constantly, but when his neighbours asked him to keep the noise down; he deliberately turned the volume up.

Brighton and Hove City Council noise enforcement officers made him agree to keep his volume at an acceptable level, but he did not stick to it.

Eventually he was served a noise abatement notice, but on March 5 the sound of the Watership Down theme music was so loud his neighbours had to leave their homes to report him to environmental health officers.

Even after they walked to a nearby phone box to complain the music continues until 5am.

When council officers arrived they said the music was accompanied by loud shouting, swearing, screaming and banging.

Dibley pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a noise abatement notice at Brighton Magistrates Court on Tuesday (May18). He was fined £167 and ordered to pay £750 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge.