Woman banned from dreadful singing

A woman whose dreadful singing drove her neighbours to despair has been silenced with an Asbo.

Caroline Bishop, 39, could be jailed for up to five years if she continues to make the tuneless "highpitched noise".

The mother of two was accused of belting out the likes of Gary Glitter's Leader of the Gang every morning from her bathroom, in an attempt to irritate Alistair and Kerry Law.

Their feud with Bishop began after they lit a bonfire in their garden to burn autumn leaves. She apparently complained that the smoke was affecting her rabbits.

Delivering his judgment, Recorder Wigoder said: "We find the singing proved. It was anti-social behaviour. It was done to annoy and to deliberately affect the Laws' enjoyment of their own premises."

Under the terms of the order - due to run until January 21, 2009 - Bishop is banned from singing or shouting so she can be heard outside her house.