The Rambeer family of Wales, West Bank Demerara say they are constantly being affected by loud music coming from the homes of four neighbours, despite the intervention of the police.
Recently, they said, during a drinking spree, one neighbour in particular was blasting music while consuming alcohol with friends and relatives and refused to turn it down.
“My baby was sick and was sleeping and I asked them to turn it down” but one of the neighbours’ male relatives “asked if is a cross sleeping,” a family member said. There are also other young children in the house.
She told Stabroek News that an older member of the family decided to call the police and when the neighbours realized they started to “curse we up more.”
The police heard the loud music in the background and arrived at the home shortly after. But by then the man had already left.
They took another man into custody and apparently because of his drunken state, he was released shortly after.
They were also shocked that the man was never charged, despite showing the police video recordings of him “cursing.”
Meanwhile, due to constant complaints the Rambeers made against the neighbours from the other three houses, all the parties were taken before a senior police officer in ‘D’ Division.
Contacted, the officer told this newspaper that a report was made to him, not only for the noise nuisance, but for a misunderstanding as well.
As a result, he “summoned all of the parties to my office and sat with them for over two hours and went back and forth. In the end, I told them to go and be peaceful neighbours.”
However, he said, the family insisted that they wanted the matter to go to court and he “instructed that the police should proceed with charges.”
He said he told the neighbours that they can play the music but not loudly, pointing out that neighbours, like all other citizens must be able to co-exist.
Describing himself as a “professional officer,” he said he had also given all of them his numbers to contact him in case of any other problem.
Subsequently, the senior Rambeer, who was not present during meeting, contacted him to say that they no longer wanted the matter to reach the court.
The officer wondered why the man did not tell him that the noise nuisance continued but journeyed to the commissioner’s office to complain. The man was however, redirected to him.
In the meantime, the family said, two of the neighbours “have about 20 dogs [each] and when they start barking at nights we babies would wake up and start crying and shaking.”
