A fan of the 1980s pop band Wham! tormented neighbours by playing their hit song Last Christmas all night.
Brian Turner repeatedly played the song at full volume from 1am onwards one night in May this year.
Now he has been silenced after becoming the first noise nuisance to be prosecuted by Newcastle city council’s night watch team.
Magistrates fined Turner, of Sandyford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, £200 and ordered him to pay £215 costs.
Gosforth magistrates were told that he was visiting friends in a nearby flat in the suburb of Walker on May 15 when he began playing the Christmas single, to the annoyance of the residents.
He played the hit by George Michael, whose hits with Wham! included Bad Boys and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, relentlessly from 1am to 4am.
Finally a neighbour snapped and called in the council noise squad, who eventually gave residents some peace by seizing the stereo.
Christmas Spirit!!!…of some sort…
