Did composer Vic Mizzy get royalties?
Posted on 02/16/2009 10:13:52 AM PST by TaraP
WINGERWORTH, England, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A Wingerworth, England, man has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison after he repeatedly whistled the theme to "The Addams Family" TV show at his neighbors.
Leopold Wrobel, 51, was convicted of violating an antisocial behavior order directing him to cease whistling the tune at neighbors Michael and Kathleen Sharpe. Magistrates at a Chesterfield, England, court also found him guilty of two counts of harassment, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
Prosecutor Michael Treharne said Wrobel's behavior may seem silly "but if something happens on an on-going basis and goes on and on and on, eventually it reaches the stage of being absolutely intolerable."
Kathleen Sharpe, 66, told the court Wrobel was always waiting with his whistling whenever she left her house.
"I'm so relieved, it's been an absolute nightmare. It's affected our health and all the family," she said after the sentencing.
Wrobel claimed he was not the perpetrator and only whistled at his dog, but closed-circuit TV footage shown to the court depicted him repeatedly whistling when the couple left their house or arrived home
How loud is a Whistle for Cryin out loud!
Don’t they have headphones or earplugs in England?
I wonder what the Sharpe’s look like.
Did composer Vic Mizzy get royalties?
WHISLTIN...PING!!
They should have just whistled the Theme from Deliverance back at him.
Dadgum....now I’ve got that stupid song in my head now. I’ll be hearing it and the Andy Griffith song in my head for the rest of the afternoon..
Creepy and kooky. Myserious and spooky. Altogether ooky.
Antisocial behavior order? Yikes! 1984!
NEVER run afoul of the Ministry of Silly Whistles!!!!
LOL!
That’s my curret Ring Tone.
Wow! That’s messed up!
Would he say the same thing about the muslim call to prayer noise that comes out of mosques?
20 weeks: hmmpf! Should have gotten the Chair.
Looks like they need whistle control in England.
No reason why a private person should be able to whistle.
I wonder if he was Snapping his fingers as well?
communism?
My husband will whistle the “if I only had a brain” tune around stupid people.
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