NOISY OAP’S ONE FOOT IN THE RAVE..
Council rap for partying pensioner
A MUSIC-LOVING OAP has had his entire drum and bass record collection and decks seized by authorities – because he refused to stop raving in his flat.
Peter Tuppen, who is believed to be in his 70s, received several warnings about his blaring tunes but ignored them.
Council workers were shocked to discover Tuppen had “wired up his flat like a nightclub” and had more than 300 CDs of banging club tunes.
Neighbours said he would play “excessively loud” drum and bass and guitar solos – making their lives a living hell.
The music lover even had a disco ball set up in his home in Folkestone, Kent. Shepway District Council wrote to Tuppen telling him to turn the music down after receiving several complaints about late-night noise.
Council officials then visited the flat and heard the ear-splitting din.
When Tuppen also ignored a noise abatement notice, the council got a court warrant and confiscated his CD collection, a turntable and stereo equipment.
A council spokesman said: “When one person’s loud music makes neighbours’ lives a living hell, the council have no alternative other than to step in.
“The level and frequency of the noise in this case caused a completely unacceptable intrusion into the lives of other residents.”