80歳の男性が200ポンドの罰金を支給された。 チンピラの騒音が近所を悩ませていた。 An 80-year-old man was fined £200 for his cockerel's noisy crowing that disturbed neighbors.

80歳の男性、ハロルド・ブラウンは、彼のおんどりが絶えず鳴き声で隣人を邪魔した後、削減通知に従わなかったとして200ポンドの罰金を科されました。 An 80-year-old man, Harold Brown, was fined £200 for failing to comply with an abatement notice after his cockerel disturbed neighbors with continuous crowing. 鳥は1時間半で90回鳴き 隣人は"拷問"と表現した. The bird crowed 90 times in an hour-and-a-half period, described as "torture" by neighbors. ブラウンの主張にかかわらず,その騒音は"クラク"であったが,裁判で有罪とされ,また法定費用300ポンドと80ポンドの計量料を納付しなければならない. Despite Brown's claim that the noise was more of a "croak," he was found guilty in court, and he must also pay £300 in legal costs and an £80 surcharge.