A Swansea man who was being driven mad by noisy student neighbours put speakers up against the wall and went away for the weekend, leaving music playing. But instead of having heavy metal or gangster rap on a loop, he went for something a little more sophisticated. And when he came back, said a councillor, the noise issue was resolved.
Cllr Allan Jeffery recounted the story at a meeting of a council panel which is carrying out an anti-social behaviour inquiry. The Uplands ward member said the resident's choice of music was Gustav Holst's The Planets - a sweeping, seven-movement orchestral suite.
Cllr Jeffery explained that 24/7 music from the student neighbours had "almost drove him mad". He described the resident's retaliatory move, and said it had the intended effect on his return three or four days later. "It did solve the problem," said Cllr Jeffrey. "The girls did stop playing music." A council officer said music equipment could be seized in nuisance cases but that it was not common.
