Grandmother given Asbo for playing Frank Sinatra too loudly Neighbours compained they endured 13 months of hell as widow Georgina Sims, from Gosport, Hants, banged her walking stick on the wall and played music day and night. Mrs Sims admitted to counts of flouting a noise abatement order and was given a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £500 pounds costs at Fareham Magistrates Court. She moved house on the day of the court hearing yesterday (Tuesday). However Mrs Sims' daughter Bev Batten, 58, said Gosport Borough Council were wrong to prosecute. She said her mother banged on the ball as hearing condition tinnitus caused her to hear sounds that were not there, and meant she had to turn her radio up to drown them out. She said: "It was obvious she needed help and she didn't get it. She didn't need an ASBO. Mum didn't make it easy but taking her to court was not the best thing to do. She was genuinely hearing noises - she didn't have a vendetta against the neighbours. A council spokesman said: "The prosecution and application for an ASBO was supported by the police as a last resort but necessary because the persistent din and banging against the party wall did not abate."