Last chance in court for the girls a-LOUD
Published Date:
06 September 2008
MEET Leeds's very own girls-a- LOUD.
MEET Leeds's very own girls-a- LOUD.
So noisy was the music pumped out of their student flat that the city council seized their sound systems and took them to court.
Annette Hurley and Miranda Martin, both 21 and formerly of Headingley, chose to ignore repeated warnings from the anti-noise team after fed-up neighbours called in the city council.
On and off, the music is said to have blasted out from late August, 2007, to January this year. Loud thumping and banging noises are also said to have been heard coming from the Victoria Road flat.
Both women were issued with noise abatement notices, but when the music played on council enforcers obtained a warrant to raid their home.
Staff seized their sound systems, including stereos, televisions, iPods, DVD and CD players and game consoles.
Hurley and Martin appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court on Thursday to answer four charges each of breaching the noise abatement notices. The charges were dropped after Hurley agreed to accept a council caution.
A council source said the caution was the pair's last chance to keep the noise down.
"It is their final, final warning," the source said.
After their brief court appearance, the two women were keeping quite quiet about their experiences.
Martin said: "It has been withdrawn for a reason. I don't want to talk about it."
Hurley went slightly further, saying she was happy with the result in court.
"I am very tired. I just want to get back to bed," she said.
It appears those frazzled neighbours will be able to sleep easier now. When the Yorkshire Evening Post visited the address reporters were told the women had moved on.
It is understood they plan to leave the country and go travelling.
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Last Updated:
06 September 2008 7:26 AM
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