A woman has had equipment seized from her home after neighbours had to put up with noise equivalent to being in a nightclub.
The woman, of Carr Hill, Gateshead , was served with a noise abatement notice by Gateshead Council after she continued to play loud dance music.
The council says she was making the lives of her neighbours a misery, often playing music from early evening through to 8am the following day.
Recordings of the noise showed that residents were suffering music noise equivalent to being in a nightclub.
The authority's private sector housing team were asked to help and warned the woman about her behaviour but their attempts failed.
She was then served with the notice but the noise from her home continued to increase.
Council officers went on to obtain a warrant to enter her home and seize all noise making equipment, including two televisions.
It will now be up to officers to decide whether the woman is prosecuted for failing to comply with the notice and can hold her equipment until the prosecution is complete.
If she isn’t prosecuted, she must pay the costs associated with the seizure before she can have her equipment returned.
Anneliese Hutchinson, service director for development, transport and public protection, said: "Repeatedly breaching a noise abatement notice under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is a serious matter.
"The Act is there to protect ordinary people and in this case neighbours clearly needed the protection of the law.
"Residents have a right to live peacefully in their homes, free from unreasonable noise. We gave the woman plenty of opportunity to change her behaviour but she has chosen not to."
