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A Cher fan who drove his neighbours mad by playing her songs at full blast has had his stereo and CD collection destroyed by council chiefs.
Karl Wiosna, 44, played the singer’s smash hit 'Believe’ so loudly that neighbours sitting in their front room next door could pick out the lyrics.
When he was given an official warning by the council about the noise at his home in Graig, near Pontypridd, south Wales, he simply started playing U2 instead.
A neighbour said: “The noise was just unbearable. It went from sounding like a drag queen’s party to a rock concert. The music was just nonstop.”
Wiosna was eventually hauled before the courts where magistrates ordered that his CD collection, record decks and stereo should be destroyed.
The council first acted in May after receiving repeated complaints from neighbours and set up covert recording equipment next door to catch him in the act.
He was then given a legal notice under the Environmental Protection Act, demanding he cut down the volume or face having all his equipment and CDs confiscated.
But a week later, officials were called out again. This time, the music was so loud neighbours could clearly hear the Cher and U2 lyrics.
Council officers obtained a warrant to go into Wiosna’s house and seized his stereo and music collection on May 28.
He appeared before Rhondda Magistrates’ Court earlier this month where he admitted a breach of a noise abatement order and was fined £200 and ordered to pay £50 in costs.
Magistrates also decided to impose a victim’s surcharge of £15 and grant an application to seize and destroy his stereo and music.
Rhondda Cynon Taf councillor for environmental health, Mike Forey, said: “I hope it serves as a reminder to others that we can take them to court and seize their belongings if they do not cease causing a nuisance to others.”
But Wiosna was appalled by the decision. “They took £500 to £600 worth of stuff. I don’t think they should be allowed to do it, it isn’t right,’ he said.
“I didn’t play the music that loudly - and it wasn’t just Cher - I used to play heavy metal as well.”
He is not the first to end up in court after driving the neighbours to distraction with their music.
Last October, Dolly Parton fan Diane Duffin was warned she could lose her home if she continued to play hits including 9 to 5 and D.I.V.O.R.C.E. at all hours.
And in June, fellow country music fan William Hillan was given an anti-social behaviour order for playing Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man too loudly.
A Cher fan who drove his neighbours mad by playing her songs at full blast has had his stereo and CD collection destroyed by council chiefs.
Karl Wiosna, 44, played the singer’s smash hit 'Believe’ so loudly that neighbours sitting in their front room next door could pick out the lyrics.
When he was given an official warning by the council about the noise at his home in Graig, near Pontypridd, south Wales, he simply started playing U2 instead.
A neighbour said: “The noise was just unbearable. It went from sounding like a drag queen’s party to a rock concert. The music was just nonstop.”
Wiosna was eventually hauled before the courts where magistrates ordered that his CD collection, record decks and stereo should be destroyed.
The council first acted in May after receiving repeated complaints from neighbours and set up covert recording equipment next door to catch him in the act.
He was then given a legal notice under the Environmental Protection Act, demanding he cut down the volume or face having all his equipment and CDs confiscated.
But a week later, officials were called out again. This time, the music was so loud neighbours could clearly hear the Cher and U2 lyrics.
Council officers obtained a warrant to go into Wiosna’s house and seized his stereo and music collection on May 28.
He appeared before Rhondda Magistrates’ Court earlier this month where he admitted a breach of a noise abatement order and was fined £200 and ordered to pay £50 in costs.
Magistrates also decided to impose a victim’s surcharge of £15 and grant an application to seize and destroy his stereo and music.
Rhondda Cynon Taf councillor for environmental health, Mike Forey, said: “I hope it serves as a reminder to others that we can take them to court and seize their belongings if they do not cease causing a nuisance to others.”
But Wiosna was appalled by the decision. “They took £500 to £600 worth of stuff. I don’t think they should be allowed to do it, it isn’t right,’ he said.
“I didn’t play the music that loudly - and it wasn’t just Cher - I used to play heavy metal as well.”
He is not the first to end up in court after driving the neighbours to distraction with their music.
Last October, Dolly Parton fan Diane Duffin was warned she could lose her home if she continued to play hits including 9 to 5 and D.I.V.O.R.C.E. at all hours.
And in June, fellow country music fan William Hillan was given an anti-social behaviour order for playing Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man too loudly.
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