A bar which played music so loud it made neighbours' furniture vibrate has had its speakers confiscated by council and police officers.
Officials were called to investigate a string of noise complaints against Bar Sirius, in Leicester's Belvoir Street.
They found music being played so loud in the early hours that lyrics and the voice of the DJ made it impossible for neighbours to sleep, and the bass so loud it made furniture buzz and vibrate.
The noise nuisance witnessed in the early hours of Saturday, January 12, led to officers from Leicester City Council's noise team applying for a warrant to seize the equipment used by the bar.
On Thursday, noise team officers and police entered the bar and impounded 27 items of sound equipment, including 19 loudspeakers, four amplifiers, graphic equalisers and record decks.
The bar, which has a licence allowing live and recorded music to be played until 4am, had been the subject of a number of complaints about noise problems since 2009.
New management took over in June, 2012, and in response to a noise complaint were told a noise-limiting device must be used to protect the occupants of flats above.
However, the council says further noise nuisances were witnessed in November and an abatement notice was served on bar which was subsequently breached, leading to the manager being cautioned.
The latest noise nuisance, last weekend, triggered the application to Leicester magistrates for a warrant to confiscate the bar's sound system.
City council noise team manager Annette Bryan said: "The new management was advised how to run Bar Sirius without causing a nuisance, but chose to ignore us.
"We were pleased when magistrates agreed that the noise was unreasonable and granted a warrant to allow us to remove the source of the noise. We are also considering taking prosecution action and reviewing the premises licence."
City mayor responsible for neighbourhood services Councillor Sarah Russell said: "It's important that neighbours, whether they are businesses or other residents, are able to go about their daily lives with the benefit of peace and quiet.
"It's sad that enforcement action has had to be taken in this instance to help achieve that."
Phil Merry, the owner of Sirius, said: "We've been on the site only six months and have inherited the problem.
"Since we took over, we have gone to great lengths to remedy the problem, including spending £15,000 on insulation and new equipment and renting the flat most affected by the noise ourselves and leaving it vacant.
"We have a new sound system now and will be open this weekend but we are not taking this issue lightly and do want to resolve it."
