唱歌太難聽，是會被逮捕的！

A woman in Norwich, UK, was recently banned from singing and playing loud music in her apartment, after neighbors complained that her screeching sounded like “a drowning cat”.

英國諾維奇一女子最近被禁止在家唱歌以及播放吵鬧的音樂，因為她的鄰居抱怨說她那粗而刺耳的聲音聽起來就像一只貓即將溺水身亡。

48-year-old Heather Webb has reportedly terrorized neighbors in her apartment building with her singing for at least four years. In 2014, her neighbors filled anti-social behavior forms and sent them to the local council, but she only received a community protection warning from the police. Then, in 2016, neighbors again complained to the council about her loud, disturbing singing, but no action was taken against the woman. Finally, in December of last year, a judge issued Webb a Criminal Behavior Order which legally banned her from singing in her apartment. But she didn’t let that stop her.

48歲的Heather Webb過去四年來，一直在她的公寓里用她的歌聲威脅她的鄰居們。2014年，她的鄰居們填寫了一些反社會行為表格并將其送到當(dāng)?shù)匚瘑T會，可是她只收到了來自警方的一個社區(qū)保護警告。后來，她的鄰居們在2016年再次對當(dāng)?shù)匚瘑T會抱怨她太吵，說她的歌聲令人不安，但當(dāng)?shù)匚瘑T會并未對這名女子采取任何行動。最后，在去年十二月，一名法官判處她違反社會秩序，禁止她在自己的公寓里唱歌。但她無法控制她自己。

The 2-year-order forbade Heather Webb from “engaging in conduct which causes alarm or distress” and also banned her from “playing music, singing, shouting or creating noise at a volume which can be heard outside of her property”.

這一為期兩年的禁令禁止Heather Webb進行任何會造成他人恐慌或者給他人帶來壓力的活動，同時還禁止她“放音樂、唱歌、咆哮或者發(fā)出公寓外能聽到的噪音。”

Magistrates were told that Webb broke the terms of the order at least three times, in January and February of this year, and some neighbors presented audio proof of that. For example, Paul Burford, who lives 40 meters from the amateur opera singer’s ground floor apartment, used a smartphone app to record her singing and sent it to the local council as evidence.

地方法官得知Webb至少曾于今年1月和2月期間三次打破禁令，某些鄰居有音頻證據(jù)能夠證明這一點。比如說家離這位業(yè)余歌劇歌手一樓家里四十米遠(yuǎn)的Paul Burford，他利用某智能手機程序錄下了她的歌聲并將其發(fā)送給當(dāng)?shù)匚瘑T會作為證據(jù)。

Burford said that the “erratic opera singing” occurred at 8.30am on February 7 and sounded “like a drowning cat, to be honest”. Another neighbor, who lives two floors above Webb’s apartment, said she was watching TV on January 8, with her headphones on, but she could still hear the singer’s “screeching and screaming”.

Burford表示在2月7日早晨八點半聽到了一陣古怪的歌劇歌聲，并且評價那聲音“老實說像一只即將溺水身亡的貓”。另外一位鄰居的家在Webb公寓樓上兩層，她說1月8日晚上她正戴著耳機看電視，但她仍然聽到了這位歌手的尖叫和慘叫。

“When I first heard it, I took my headphones off and went to the window to make sure that her flat was where the noise was coming from, and it was. It comes from that flat constantly,” the woman said, adding that Webb’s singing had bothered her on January 9 as well.

“我一聽到這聲音，就摘掉了我的耳機并走到窗戶邊，我覺得噪音來自她的公寓，搜尋了一番以后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)事實確實如此。那聲音不停地從她的公寓里傳來，”這名女子表示，并補充說Webb的歌聲在1月9日那天也給她造成了困擾。

During the court hearing on May 5th, prosecutor Nicola Pope told magistrates that police interviewed Webb on February 12, and she said she didn’t recall singing on January 8, as too much time had passed. As for the February 7 incident, she told police that she had “gone to great lengths to close her windows and amend things”.

5月5日法院審訊期間，間居然Nicola Popa表示警方于2月12日調(diào)查了Webb，對方表示她不記得自己曾在1月8日唱過歌，畢竟時間過去太久了。至于2月7日的意外，她解釋說她當(dāng)時竭盡全力想要關(guān)上她家的窗戶，試圖補救。

The judge found Heather Webb guilty of breaching the order on three separate occasions – January 8 and 9, and February 7 – and a “no bail” warrant was issued for her arrest.

法官發(fā)現(xiàn)Heather Webb曾于1月8日和9日以及2月7日三次違反禁令，她被捕后無法保釋。