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Stereo seized for playing Dolly Parton songs

Dolly Parton - Woman played her hits day and night
Dolly Parton - Woman played her hits day and night

A British woman has had her stereo confiscated after neighbours complained about her blasting out Dolly Parton hits at top volume around the clock.

Diane Duffin reportedly made life a misery for people living near her in the Armley area of Leeds by playing country and western hits like 9 to 5 and Stand By Your Man at all hours of the day and night.

Leeds City Council said it slapped a noise abatement order on the mother of four and police confiscated her music system, televisions, DVD players, a computer and games consoles as well as a number of compact discs and games.

Legal action has also begun against Ms Duffin for breaching the noise abatement order, to evict her from her municipally run  property and to have her sanctioned with an anti-social behaviour order.

Ms Duffin, 36, told the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper that Parton's hits were often belted out from her home in Heights Drive, but that her 15-year-old son Josh was a bigger fan.

She said that she does like Dolly Parton and her family does play it a lot but not all day and night and that they don't disturb anyone.

She added that her son loves Dolly Parton's music as it has sentimental value to him.

But Ms Duffin's neighbour, Joanne Kempston, said her life had been made a living hell.  On one day alone she had noted down that the song D.I.V.O.R.C.E was played no fewer than 20 times.