March 30, 201016 yr Giving love a bad name: Bon Jovi fan fined for blasting out band's tracks 'to help cope with divorce' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:15 AM on 30th March 2010 Comments (6) Add to My Stories A heartbroken householder made her neighbours' lives a misery by constantly blasting out Bon Jovi songs during her divorce, a court has heard. Amanda Durkin, 35, claimed playing tracks including Livin' On A Prayer and Bad Medicine helped her cope with the break-up of her marriage. Ms Durkin played the tracks from 11pm until the early hours of the morning for six months. Her stressed-out neighbours eventually installed recording equipment to monitor the noise levels. Hull Magistrates' Court heard that complaints first began last year on April 14th after Ms Durkin's husband left her. Ms Durkin decided that rock group Bon Jovi would help her get through her difficult divorce Council chiefs tried to tackle the noise nuisance by seizing her stereo system twice, issuing fines and eventually re-homing Ms Durkin. Prosecutor Vincent Blake Barnard said: 'This is a noise nuisance issue over quite a period of time. 'Recordings were obtained and confirmed there was a nuisance by music being played in the early hours. 'We seized equipment from the premises and it was thought that would resolve the problem, but shortly after that there were further complaints. 'She was interviewed under caution and confirmed that she had received all of the warnings, but, due to personal problems in her life, chose to ignore them. 'The council attempted to resolve it, but to no avail and it has been brought to court.' One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: 'It got worse when her partner left her, and became intolerable. We complained because the noise was making our lives a misery. 'The booming music made it impossible to sleep. We were getting to our wit's end with the noise.' Speaking at her new address,Ms Durkin said she was 'going through a divorce', adding: 'I didn't know what I was doing.' Despite a summons being issued, she failed to attend the hearing. Kenneth Richardson, chair of the magistrates bench, ordered that all her stereo equipment should be confiscated. Mr Richardson fined Ms Durkin £150 and ordered she pay £570 costs and a £15 pound surcharge in her absence. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262230/Bon-Jovi-fan-fined-blasting-rock-music-24-hours-day-going-tough-divorce.html#ixzz0jeh54XPw
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