A NUISANCE neighbour who played music too loudly at night has been jailed.

Leigh Bond, 38, was subject to a restraining order which included preventing him from being able to play music from his home on Redshaw Avenue in Barrow between 8pm and 7am, prosecutor Rachael Woods said.

Preston Crown Court heard Bond, now of no fixed abode, breached the order four times on June 6 last year.

Ms Woods said the complainant first became aware of the defendant playing loud music when she returned to her home address after finishing work at 5:30 pm, which then continued until around 9pm.

As a result, she reported the matter to the police and the defendant was arrested, the court was told.

In police interview, the defendant initially denied the breach but later conceded he did not realise he had been playing music as late as he had, the court heard.

Ms Woods said the complainant had only recently returned to work after taking one month off sick due to ‘long standing problems’ with the defendant.

In her victim impact statement read into the court record, Ms Woods said the defendant had made her feel ‘anxious’, ‘stressed’ and ‘uncomfortable in her own home’.

Ms Woods added the complainant now suffers ‘constant migraines’ and that she was ‘scared and worried’ about what Bond might do to her and her home.

The court heard Bond was made the subject of a three-year restraining order at Preston Crown Couer on April 22 2022.

Tom Lord, representing Bond, said his client had a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

He said: “He has promised he will put his headphones in if he wants to listen to music.

“The defendant has already spent 11 months in custody so far and knows he must comply with his medication when he is released, or he will find himself back in custody.”

The court heard Bond had previously breached the same restraining order by playing loud music. On that occasion, he received a hospital order.

Recorder Ayesha Siddiqi sentenced Bond to 24-weeks prison as she determined the offence was so serious that only immediate custody could be justified.

She said: “She is very upset about what happened that evening.

“This is the fourth breach of a court order which is very serious.

“You cannot keep coming before the court for breaching these court orders. You have to respect the restraining order.”