83-year-old who was ‘jailed for playing Classic FM too loudly in his home’ dies in prison

An 83-year-old man who was jailed for repeatedly playing in his home has died while serving his prison sentence.

Ian Trainer was jailed for 24 weeks in February this year after he was found to have breached a condition of a restraining order.

Mr Trainer was then jailed again after continuing to breach the order when he was released.

At a hearing in February, Liverpool Magistrates Court heard how Trainer’s neighbour, Thomas Michael Thompson, had experienced ‘noise pollution’ from his neighbour’s property for a number of years.

A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘HMP Liverpool prisoner Ian Trainer died in hospital on 23 November.

‘The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has been informed.’

The spokesman did not confirm the cause of Trainer’s death and said it was a matter for the coroner.

During a hearing that took place In February at Liverpool Magistrates Court, the Court was told how Trainer’s neighbour, Thomas Michael Thompson, had experienced ‘noise pollution’ from his neighbour’s property for a number of years.

A statement read in court said he had a bad cold and ‘could only hear in one ear’.

Mr Trainer told the officer ‘I like playing music at a level I enjoy’ as he was arrested for breaching the restraining order.

When sentencing Mr Trainer to 24 weeks in prison for breaching the order, the judge told the court he had ‘played music at a level that caused distress’.