A council home tenant who caused a persistent noise nuisance to his neighbours must pay £3,600 in fines and costs and has had his equipment confiscated.
Marlon Prescod-Brown, 33, of Powell Street, Bury was found guilty of four offences.
Prescod-Brown is a tenant of Six Town Housing, which manages Bury council's housing stock.
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The town's environmental health officers first served Prescod-Brown with a noise abatement notice in June 2020 following complaints about continued noise coming from loud televisions and amplified music.
Despite numerous warnings from the council and Six Town Housing, he continued with his disruptive behaviour and, in August 2020, officers temporarily seized four TVs and three speakers from his home.
The noise continued and, on November 13 2020, officers returned to the property and further seized and retained a TV and two microphones. On this occasion, an application was made to confiscate the equipment permanently.
On January 28 2022, Prescod-Brown was found guilty at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court of failing to comply with a noise abatement notice served under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
He was fined £660 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £66 and costs of £2,926, and his equipment was permanently seized.
Councillor Kevin Peel, deputy cabinet member for the environment, said: “It doesn’t take much to be a good neighbour, but this man ignored repeated requests to keep the volume down and stop disturbing nearby residents.
“His actions have now cost him several thousand pounds, and we will continue to take action against people who cause disruption of this kind.”
