UK: Wham! fan fined for torturing neighbours with song

August 16, 2007
NEWS.com.au

A BRITISH Wham! fan has been fined for torturing his neighbours with Last Christmas at full blast for an entire night.

Brian Turner, of Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne, repeatedly played the festive favourite at full volume one night in May this year.

A magistrate fined Turner £200 ($480) and ordered him to pay £215 in costs.

The court was told he was visiting friends on May 15 when the night of hell started for tormented residents.

He played the classic hit by George Michael, whose hits with Wham! included Bad Boys and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, relentlessly from 1am to 4am.

Finally a neighbour snapped and called in the noise squad, which seized the stereo.

dailytelegraph


Now he has been silenced after becoming the first noise nuisance to be prosecuted by a British council.

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