Nightmare neighbour used loud music and ‘blinding’ floodlights to torment locals

A nightmare neighbour blared loud radio music, switched on bright floodlights at night and burned fires at all hours in a harassment campaign against locals.

Rhiannon Binyon, a kennel owner, even perched a barrier in front of an elderly neighbour's bedroom window to top her from enjoying views of the surrounding countryside.

The 37-year-old from Llanfair yn Neubwll near Holyhead had denied harassing her neighbours but after a day long trial before magistrates at Caernarfon she was found guilty, North Wales Live reports.

Bench chairman Julie Eddows said they were satisfied she had pursued a course of conduct which caused alarm and distress to neighbours David Brooks and Prydwen Maclean.

She added they had found Mr Brooks and Mrs Maclean to be credible witnesses and their evidence had been supported by a police officer and an environmental health officer from Anglesey Council.

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During the trial Mr Brooks said he had lived near Binyon's property since 2002 and she had moved in during August 2017.

He said she had received permission to start the cattery and to home-board four dogs but was denied permission to establish dog kennels.

"A radio blasted us deafeningly all day long for weeks at a time, even in the family’s absence," he said.

"Blinding floodlights, often flashing, were aimed at our bedroom windows all night long and endless unattended drum-fires affected us.

"Very loud recorded animal noises were blasted directly at us for up to 16 hours a day."

Prydwen Maclean said a window at her house adjoining the Cymyran Hotel had been boarded up by Binyon without prior consultation or warning.

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She said a metal barrier was erected directly in front of the window as she lay in bed and abuse was hurled at her by Binyon and another woman.

Mr Brooks had called police last February and an officer heard loud music as soon as she stepped out of the vehicle.

There was no one at Binyon's home when she called round to discuss the matter she added.

An environmental health officer monitored noise levels at Binyon's home and there were 77 individual recordings of dogs barking, amplified barking and concluded there was sufficient grounds to serve an abatement notice.

Giving evidence Binyon conceded the radio had been switched on and the floodlight had been placed in the yard but she denied the radio was loud and that the floodlight had been continually switched on.

She denied burning toxic materials which caused a lot of smoke noting: "That's the last thing I would do," she said.

Binyon said she was trying to run a business and she did not want police or fire appliances to be seen at the property when clients arrived to pick up their animals.

Asked about the metal barrier by defence counsel Clare Bates she said Mrs Maclean had been feeding her horses with rotten vegetables and one had been taken to the vet suffering from colic.

She said Mrs Maclean had been "asked nicely" to stop feeding the animals but she had continued.

She said the loud recorded noises were from a bird scaring device which had been installed because crows had been attacking their ducks.

Since the device had been switched off birds had attacked more than 20 of their ducks, she claimed.

Binyon became emotional when describing the effect the court action had had on her. She said the property had been put on the market at one stage and she had had counselling.

Her partner, David Griffiths, also became emotional when describing the impact the court case had had on her.

She was granted bail and will be sentenced on March 3.

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