Noisy couple fined for disturbing neighbours

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Image caption, Speakers - not pictured - were seized, along with other equipment, from the couple's home
  • Author, Nathan Briant
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A couple who made so much noise that their neighbours complained to the council have been fined.

Kevin Kimani and Caroline Gitau, of Franklin Avenue, Slough, were both told to pay 拢2,531 in costs and fines in their absence at Reading Magistrates鈥 Court.

Slough Borough Council said it received complaints about noise, including overnight, coming from Kimani and Gitau鈥檚 home in January 2023.

The authority installed sound monitoring equipment and a formal noise abatement notice was issued to the pair in October 2023.

That was breached within days and a warrant was issued to seize a TV, a games console, games, speakers and amplifiers in November 2023.

They were both told to pay 拢1,859 prosecution costs, a 拢480 fine and a 拢192 victim surcharge on 1 July.

Ishrat Shah, the council鈥檚 lead member for equalities, public health and public protection, said: 鈥淭his is a great result and a lesson to others not to cause such misery to their neighbours by being too noisy.

鈥淲e want residents to live peacefully in their homes without statutory nuisance from others and we will continue to take action against those who are anti-social, with noise or other behaviour.鈥

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