Environmental health officials seize and DESTROY drum kit after musician defies court order to stop playing it at his home
- James Andrew Gibbs Jones annoyed neighbours by drumming in his living room
- Neighbours complained to council who served him a notice to keep noise down
- However Newport Magistrates Court heard he continued to play day and night
- 28-year-old, of Tillery Street, Abertillery, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with an abatement notice and was ordered to pay £404 in a fine, costs and surcharge
Environmental health officials destroyed a musicians drum kit after he defied a court order to stop playing at his home.
James Andrew Gibbs Jones, 28, of Abertillery, South Wales, continued to drum out beats day and night after his neighbours had complained to the council about the loud noise.
Blaenau Gwent council served Jones a notice but a court heard he continued to play at his home in Tillery Street.
The council secured an entry warrant and officials carried out a raid to seize and destroy his drum kit.
He pleaded guilty to failing to comply with an abatement notice and was ordered to pay £404 in a fine, costs and surcharge.
Environmental health officials destroyed a musicians drum kit after he defied a court order to stop playing at his home (file image)
Newport Magistrates’ Court heard Gibbs was deprived of a bass drum and peddle, three tom-tom drums, a snare drum and stand, five symbols and a seat.
Following the sentence, a council spokesperson said: ‘Mr Gibbs was a resident in Tillery Street, Abertillery, who was regularly witnessed playing a drum kit in his living room.
‘Following complaints about the unreasonable noise levels from residents in the area the authority tried unsuccessfully to engage with Mr Gibbs on a number of occasions regarding the issue and having been satisfied that the noise levels produced were a statutory nuisance, the authority served an abatement notice on Mr Gibbs in March 2021, which he subsequently breached on a number of occasions.
James Andrew Gibbs Jones, 28, of Abertillery, South Wales, continued to drum out beats day and night after his neighbours had complained to the council about the loud noise. Pictured: Newport Magistrates Court
‘This resulted in the authority securing a warrant of entry from the magistrates’ court to seize Mr Gibbs drum kit and we executed the warrant on the May 12, 2021.’
The spokesperson added: ‘Mr Gibbs was then subsequently successfully prosecuted on February 11, 2022 for the breach of the abatement notice and at that hearing Mr Gibbs pleaded guilty.
‘The district judge confirmed a deprivation order for the drum kit so that the local authority could retain and dispose of it.’
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