Nightmare neighbour fined for causing noise and anti-social behaviour
A Gateshead woman has been fined £334 for her anti-social behaviour towards her neighbours.
Kelly Main, of Park Terrace, Swalwell, was prosecuted after being served with a Community Protection Notice for making her neighbour's lives a misery - which she then ignored.
Ms Main was served the notice for playing loud music late at night and in the early hours of the morning as well as she and visitors to her home arguing, shouting, using raised voices and banging inside the property. The behaviour disturbed neighbours and often prevented them from sleeping.
Our Private Sector Housing Team were asked to help and they warned Ms Main about her behaviour, but after all attempts to get her to change failed she was then served with a Community Protection Notice. However, the noise from Ms Mains home continued.
She was summonsed to appear at South Tyneside Magistrates Court to answer the charges in February 2022. Ms Main attended court and plead guilty for failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice and causing her neighbours harassment, alarm and distress. She was fined £200, £100 court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
Councillor Angela Douglas, Chair of the Gateshead Community Safety Board said: "Residents have a right to live peacefully in their homes, free from unreasonable noise. This resident blatantly ignored the warnings we gave them, they had plenty of opportunity to change their behaviour, but they chose not to.
"Repeatedly breaching a community protection notice under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act is a serious matter. The Act is there to protect ordinary people, and in this case, the neighbours clearly needed the protection of the law. We will continue to take action against people who harass their neighbours in this way."
A Gateshead woman has been fined £334 for her anti-social behaviour towards her neighbours.
Kelly Main, of Park Terrace, Swalwell, was prosecuted after being served with a Community Protection Notice for making her neighbour's lives a misery - which she then ignored.
Ms Main was served the notice for playing loud music late at night and in the early hours of the morning as well as she and visitors to her home arguing, shouting, using raised voices and banging inside the property. The behaviour disturbed neighbours and often prevented them from sleeping.
Our Private Sector Housing Team were asked to help and they warned Ms Main about her behaviour, but after all attempts to get her to change failed she was then served with a Community Protection Notice. However, the noise from Ms Mains home continued.
She was summonsed to appear at South Tyneside Magistrates Court to answer the charges in February 2022. Ms Main attended court and plead guilty for failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice and causing her neighbours harassment, alarm and distress. She was fined £200, £100 court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
Councillor Angela Douglas, Chair of the Gateshead Community Safety Board said: "Residents have a right to live peacefully in their homes, free from unreasonable noise. This resident blatantly ignored the warnings we gave them, they had plenty of opportunity to change their behaviour, but they chose not to.
"Repeatedly breaching a community protection notice under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act is a serious matter. The Act is there to protect ordinary people, and in this case, the neighbours clearly needed the protection of the law. We will continue to take action against people who harass their neighbours in this way."
