The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Jail for wannabe DJ who threatened his neighbours and police
A neighbour from hell who blasted out dance music from his flat before threatening to kill fellow residents and police has been jailed.
Wannabe DJ Stanley Marnie boasted he “runs the jail” after shouting threats towards his terrified neighbours.
A court was told how the 33-year-old accidentally knocked himself unconscious after repeatedly bashing his head against a police cell.
Repeat offender Marnie was jailed for six months after he admitted at Dundee Sheriff Court to threatening his neighbours and police officers.
An alcohol-fuelled Marnie had been playing loud music from his flat in Dundee’s Kilberry Street throughout the morning on February 26.
Marnie, described as a talented DJ by his solicitor, videoed himself on Facebook playing music prior to one of the incidents.
Just before 1pm, he went to the common close and shouted: “I am f ****** Stan Marnie and I have lived here the longest and I’ll outlive all of you.
“I will play music as loud as I f ****** want. Any of you phone the police on me and I will kill every single one of you.”
Fiscal depute Rachel Hill said Marnie, who repeatedly banged on the walls in the close, had caused his neighbours to live in “constant fear”.
She told the court: “Police were made aware of noise complaints against the accused at 8.45pm on Monday.
“They attended and attempted to charge the accused but his behaviour continued to accelerate.
“Within the cell in the rear of the police van, the accused swore and made threats to harm and kill officers.
“The accused was taken to police headquarters and headbutted the cell door with sufficient force to knock himself unconscious.”
Marnie pleaded guilty from custody to shouting, swearing, threatening his neighbours with violence, playing music at excessive volume as well as striking doors and walls on February 26.
He also admitted that on Monday he repeatedly spat, struck his head against cell walls, shouted, swore and made offensive remarks on Kilberry Street and within a police vehicle.