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| Loud sex woman admits Asbo breach | Loud sex woman admits Asbo breach |
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| A woman who was given an anti-social behaviour order banning her from making loud noises during sex has admitted breaching the order. | A woman who was given an anti-social behaviour order banning her from making loud noises during sex has admitted breaching the order. |
| Caroline and Steve Cartwright's love-making was described as "murder" and "unnatural" at Newcastle Crown Court. | Caroline and Steve Cartwright's love-making was described as "murder" and "unnatural" at Newcastle Crown Court. |
| Neighbours, the local postman and a woman taking her child to school complained about the noise. | Neighbours, the local postman and a woman taking her child to school complained about the noise. |
| Cartwright, 48, from Washington on Wearside, pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Asbo. | Cartwright, 48, from Washington on Wearside, pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching the Asbo. |
| She will be sentenced on 18 January. | She will be sentenced on 18 January. |
| At an earlier hearing, next door neighbour Rachel O'Connor told the court she was frequently late for work because she overslept having been awake most of the night because of the noise. | At an earlier hearing, next door neighbour Rachel O'Connor told the court she was frequently late for work because she overslept having been awake most of the night because of the noise. |
| She said: "The noise sounds like they are both in considerable pain. I cannot describe the noise. I have never ever heard anything like it." | She said: "The noise sounds like they are both in considerable pain. I cannot describe the noise. I have never ever heard anything like it." |
| Neighbour Rachel O'Connor said the couple sounded like they were in pain | Neighbour Rachel O'Connor said the couple sounded like they were in pain |
| In November, Cartwright appealed against a noise abatement notice imposed in 2007, as well as the subsequent Asbo, which banned the couple from "shouting, screaming or vocalisation at such a level as to be a statutory nuisance". | In November, Cartwright appealed against a noise abatement notice imposed in 2007, as well as the subsequent Asbo, which banned the couple from "shouting, screaming or vocalisation at such a level as to be a statutory nuisance". |
| Her bid was rejected by Recorder Jeremy Freedman, who said: "It certainly was intrusive and constituted a statutory nuisance. | Her bid was rejected by Recorder Jeremy Freedman, who said: "It certainly was intrusive and constituted a statutory nuisance. |
| "It was clearly of a very disturbing nature and it was also compounded by the duration - this was not a one-off, it went on for hours at a time. | "It was clearly of a very disturbing nature and it was also compounded by the duration - this was not a one-off, it went on for hours at a time. |
| "It is further compounded by the frequency of the episode, virtually every night." | "It is further compounded by the frequency of the episode, virtually every night." |
| Sunderland City Council told the court they had recorded noise levels of up to 47 decibels using equipment installed at Cartwright's neighbour's house. | |
| World Health Organisation guidelines state that 30 decibels is enough to cause sleep disturbance. |