One-legged transvestite

A one-legged harp-playing transvestite has been evicted by council bosses after making neighbours’ lives a misery.Helen von Hessler, 64, who wears men’s clothes, also made a racket with her organ, guitar and drums until late at night.

She breached a court order banning her music 32 times.

Steven Lewis, who lived directly below her seventh-floor flat in Salford, Greater Manchester, said: “It was like walking into a concert every day. Sometimes it was one note being hit time and time again. She called us idiots and said we didn’t appreciate good music.

“I do appreciate good music — but not that racket.”

Ian Birt, who lives on the 12th floor, added: “It was horrendous.”

Ms Von Hessler failed to meet council officials and they applied for a possession order. She is believed to have moved to Reading, Berks.

Her defence was that she didn’t feel her music was loud and that people did not appreciate it.