No.54 Village man fined $10,000 for noise nuisance
A resident of Number 54 Village, Corentyne pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace when he appeared at the Springlands Court yesterday and Magistrate Krishndat Persaud fined him $10,000.
Reports are that on June 29, Brijmohan Budram played loud music continuously between 11:30 am and 12:40 pm thereby causing the peace to be disturbed.
According to Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Michael Grant, the neighbours were having difficulty resting in their homes and they asked Budram to turn down the volume and he refused.
They then reported the matter to the police and the man was arrested and charged.
Budram explained to the magistrate that his reason for playing the music loudly was because his relatives had come from Georgetown and they were “having a drink.”
He also told the magistrate he was sorry and promised not to be a noise nuisance again. Budram first appeared at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and he was remanded to prison after the magistrate deferred sentencing.
A good story but fine should have been much more and equipment confiscated for a period to send strong message to others…
Reddy ! Disturbing the peace between 11.30 am and 12.40 pm ? You got to be kidding me . The neighbors are not gainfully employed during this period ?
Georgie there are lots of people like nurses,security guards, policemen etc who do the night shift and are therefore like the rest of us day jobbers, entitled to a bit of peace.
Georgie, what you mean by the people not gainfully employed at that time? What if it was a Sunday or Saturday? Why was the noise maker not gainfully employed too? People need their peace and I am sure Budram and his Georgetown relatives are not deaf. He should have been fined five times that amount.
The Police arrested and charged the fellow, for noise nuisance, maybe they should have issued a tix. and focus on solving and preventing the crime in Guyana more.
Firefly,,,You are a typical Guyanese on the opposite side of the house…
agree, why in jail.
Yuh mek noise where yuh live in the US and see if the cops don’t come fuh ya.
Perhaps Brijmohan Budram represents a “soft target” and was singled out for legal action. It is interesting to know what method the police used to determine that Brijmohan Budram was creating a noise nuisance. Indeed, what is music to some is noise to others. Personally, I abhor the pitch at which “music” is played in mini-buses and without any hesitation will classify it as “noise” but I am sure, that a sizeable population of passengers will disagree with me. Noise is defined as unwanted sound and a nuisance as a person, thing or circumstance causing trouble, annoyance or inconvenience. I think that it all boils down to a subjective evaluation and needs a bench mark to distinguish noise from music. It is acceptable, that a sound level that exceeds 70 dBA is classified as noise. This means that an instrument (sound level meter) is required to measure sound intensity before a determination is made.
this policeman should be complimented for keeping the peace noise nuisance is killing people’s health in this country
It is about time that the law come down on these noisy people. More of them needs to be penalised. They have no regard for others, not to mention loud music have been used as cover for robbery.
I wonder why he was remanded to prison for such a small infraction. Others who have committed worse crimes have been granted bail.
What a load of BALONEY! Give a warning then a ticket, and then to be remanded to prison for playing loud music. What a JOKE !
I can understand his explaination to the Judge, and if it is true and this is the only instance of this violation, then he should have been given a warning by the police and let that be the end.
I hope that the same judicial treatment will be handed down to all noise nuisances regardless of any strings, ropes, chains or other connections/’protection’ they may have.
He forget to tell the magistrate that his relatives are all deaf !
These men have no sense of responsibility to others , so if he turn down the music , his relatives can’t hear it ?
He really got a big house , maybe he’s at the front and they at they’re at the back , so he had to keep the music loud for them to hear . Lol.
These magistrates need to maintain some kind of consistency when remanding ppl.This man was remanded till sentencing and ended up paying a fine and then you have an alledged rapist who hung himself out on bail.