A man has been banned from keeping dogs after they were recorded barking more than 1,600 times in 20 minutes in 'one of the worst cases of noise nuisance ever'. John Peter Laveric, 46, appeared at court over complaints from neighbours who say his pets are barking thousands of times hourly, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Environmental health officials said this is one of the worst cases they have seen. Laveric, of Pit Lane in Widnes, was slapped with a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) and told to pay £500 in costs.
Under the CBO, Laveric must remove all dogs from his home and not have any dogs on those premises or anywhere else in Halton. The court heard complaints over excessive barking began at his previous home on Eric Street, Widnes, in May 2017. Halton Borough Council first prosecuted Laveric in April 2018 in what a spokeswoman for the authority said was one of the worse noise nuisance cases dealt with, up until that point.
