Noisy neighbour whose loud music made furniture vibrate has hi-fi confiscated

“Whether he was suffering from mental illness or not does not seem a reasonable excuse to me. There are endless help mechanisms in place for people suffering from any illness or disorder these days. It is not as if he was not warned, the consequences of his actions were clearly explained in the abatement order. At the end of the day, he chose of his own free will, to ignore the order and carry on regardless. As a society we should not be forced to suffer for the actions of others when there are so many options for the perpetrators.”

“Why over dramatise the situation? No-one has said that mental illness isnt an awful thing, but I dont see playing loud music for over a year as a symptom of mental illness. as I said before Winston, this man doesnt have a mental illness just a poor excuse as a defence. Keep on campaigning for the rights of the criminals and ignore the rights of the victims you will go far and make a lot of money defending these low lifes”

“people who play loud music should have all taken away and heavy fined or imprisoned or homes taken away
i been tho it and it is hell ,, u wanna sleep and cant or wanna listen to tv and cant why should others stop u from listening tot v radio or going sleep
in the agreed tenacy agreement it states u cant make noise ,, and disturb your neirbours at any time of day”

“@jmonners

I think your horse might be the taller of the two.

Lets all gather sticks and set up a stake in the centre of the city so we can burn all the mentally disabled shall we?

I appreciate, far better than many, what noise nuisance is and I also understand that not everyone can be born perfect. I do not presume to suggest this person did not disturb neighbours nor would I ever suggest the neighbours were unaffected by this nuisance.

What I object to, and I thought I made this reasonably clear, was the bigoted attitude that a good few people take about something they know so little about. Your comments are from the middle ages - 'he is different so pillory him'!

To then imply that 'mental illness' is a common excuse for laziness merely reveals the limits of your understanding.

I am not the one acting as judge and jury over this man - you appear to be. I was simply trying to defend the many thousands who genuinely suffer mental illness whom you liberally tarred as being lazy work-shy good for nothings. I beg to differ with your biased opinion.

How you could apply this to, say, an Afghanistan veteran returning with PTSD I do not know.

Still, as I say, I bow to your superior intellect and hope you are not similarly afflicted at any time in your life.”

“So he makes enough noise on enough occasions to get an abatement order , then over a year he breaches that abatement order 3 times. Plenty of opportunity to stop going to court but as usual people like him think the law doesnt apply to him.

How about the genuine mental anxiety that this man has handed out in spades to his neighbours, and you defend him bcause he says he has depression.

Liberals like you need to start thinking of the victims in situations like this and not the rights of a criminal.

As far as tarring people with the same brush, the problem is it is normally the case that any excuse is rolled out as a defence when they get caught.

So along with the physical and mental cost to the residents nearby, there is the admin cost of putting abatement orders in place and the wages for those staff, the DSS he invariably claims and the cost of the court and the cost of the defence solicitor, all paid out of the public purse.

So like I said the man's a t***

You can get off your very high horse now”

“Jmonners, Plymouth needs more outspoken people like you - and there was me thinking the tar brush had been given up when the tall ships came to an end.

Make your judgement - as is your prerogative. Publish it for all to see, as is your prerogative.

I don't know this person nor am I a mental health expert. I am in no way a 'better man' than he so I am in no position to pass judgement.

I bow to your vastly superior intellect”

“@WinstonSmith

wanna bet????? manic depression PSTD drug abuse alcohol abuse, ADHD, always an excuse when caught.

I have genuine sympathy for genuine mental illness, but this man isnt mentally ill just a t***”

“@jmonners

"This layabout is probably claiming DLA from the government paid for by the very people who are his neighbours who pay for his lazy backside to be able to stay at home in the first place."

Bigotry at its level best. Give the man a gold postbox!

. . . And you are an expert in mental health I assume?

Do you have a magical cure for PTSD or manic depression because, if so, I can make you a millionaire overnight. The Armed services would be your first customer - seeking to ease the pain of some of our troops similarly afflicted by the job they have had to do.

No, I suspect proctology is more your department of medical astuteness. You seem to be highly vocal in that area. There's a 1 in 4 chance you will experience some kind of mental health problem yourself. If you don't, then think yourself very lucky. Till then, have a mind for those who do.


"You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because you're all the same"”

“Houses should be better made to help with soundproofing!!”

“He's lucky somebody never put a brick through his windows gone midnight..;)”