A British woman has had her stereo confiscated after neighbours complained about her blasting out Dolly Parton hits at top volume around the clock.
Diane Duffin reportedly made life a misery for people living near her in the Armley area of Leeds, northern England, by playing country and western hits like 9 to 5 and Stand By Your Man at all hours of the day and night.
Leeds City Council said it slapped a noise abatement order on the mother of four and police confiscated her music system, televisions, DVD players, a computer and games consoles as well as a number of compact discs and games.
Legal action has also begun against Duffin for breaching the noise abatement order, to evict her from her municipally run property and to have her sanctioned with an anti-social behaviour order, it added.
Duffin (36) told the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper that Parton’s hits were often belted out from her home in Heights Drive, but that her 15-year-old son Josh was a bigger fan.
“I do like Dolly Parton and we do play it a lot but not all day and night. We don’t disturb anyone. A lot of the time it’s Josh who plays it. He loves her music. It’s got sentimental value to him,” she added.
But neighbour Joanne Kempston said her life had been made a “living hell”.
“The noise just went on and on. Not for weeks but for months,” she said. — AFP