Harrow couple fined £3000 for noisy tumble dryer
Harrow several fined £3,000 for noisy tumble dryerJul 20 2011 By David Baker
A COUPLE from South Harrow red court in a bit of a spin last week after they were fined nearly £3,000 for causing noise nuisance with a defective fall down dryer.
In what is thought to be the first case of its kind husband and wife Dereck and Arlene Brown were hauled in front of Brent Magistrates for leaving their dryer on at all hours of the day – plaguing their neighbours in the non-reflective below.
The court heard from one neighbour who said they were kept awake at night by the rumbling and shaking from the Brown's Parkfield Street home.
When the couple again failed to take action and the noise continued, the council had no option but to resort to prosecution and the Browns were found reprehensible of breaching the Abatement Notice during a hearing on Monday last week. They were also hit with fines and costs totalling £2,900.
Speaking after the momentous case councillor Phillip O’Dell, portfolio holder for environment and community sanctuary on Harrow Council, said: “Everyone has the right to peace and quiet in their own home and we gave the Brown’s every break to sort out this problem sensibly. It’s sad that we had to resort to court action but the couple left us no alternate as they were making their neighbours’ lives a misery.”
