{"id":101666,"date":"2023-12-07T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101666"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:28:55","slug":"roofer-46-who-threatened-to-murder-his-neighbour-avoid-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/roofer-46-who-threatened-to-murder-his-neighbour-avoid-jail-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Roofer, 46, who threatened to &apos;murder&apos; his neighbour avoid jail time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Roofer, 46, who threatened to &#8216;murder&#8217; his police officer neighbour when he was asked to turn down his music avoids jail after arguing it shouldn&#8217;t have been taken literally because of his Irish heritage<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stephen Hunter, 46, made the threat\u00a0at his home in Costessey,\u00a0Norfolk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shouted: &#8216;They&#8217;ll be a murder when I come down there&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Given a 12-month community order with 160 hours unpaid work<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A roofer who threatened to &#8216;murder&#8217; a neighbour was spared jail after his lawyer argued that his Irish heritage meant he did not mean it literally.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hunter, 46, made the threat during a heated row after his neighbour, an off-duty police officer, asked him to turn down the volume of loud music he was playing\u00a0at his home in Fishers Close, Costessey, Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>Norwich magistrates heard how he threatened to stab the officer who confronted him, saying his children couldn&#8217;t get to sleep because of the noise.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter was said to have shouted out of his window: &#8216;They&#8217;ll be a murder when I come down there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But his lawyer Lisa Robinson told the court: &#8216;He is part Irish and they do not use the word murder in the context that it is always taken.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/15\/78697157-12837331-Mr_Hunter_Hunter_who_is_a_self_employed_roofer_had_been_on_licen-m-32_1701963807235.jpg\" height=\"595\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/15\/78697155-12837331-Norwich_magistrates_heard_how_Stephen_Hunter_46_threatened_to_st-a-33_1701963817877.jpg\" height=\"595\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Norwich magistrates heard how Stephen Hunter, 46,\u00a0threatened to stab the officer who confronted him, saying his children couldn&#8217;t get to sleep because of the noise<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/15\/78697163-12837331-image-a-29_1701963671040.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Hunter made the threat during a heated row after his neighbour, an off-duty police officer, asked him to turn down the volume of loud music he was playing at his home in Fishers Close, Costessey, Norfolk<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Despite that, he knows that his behaviour on this occasion was not acceptable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Robinson said Hunter had been living in his flat for two years and that his neighbour had recently moved in.<\/p>\n<p>Another neighbour told how the officer had asked him to turn down the music, and Hunter had replied: &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you come upstairs and talk face to face instead of shouting at me?&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Robinson added: &#8216;Mr Hunter had been playing music and had become involved in an altercation with a neighbour and he did not handle it properly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter, who is a self-employed roofer, had been on licence after being released from prison when the incident happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement read in court, his victim said he was now &#8216;constantly worried about protecting himself&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He added he and his family had been left &#8216;nervous about answering the door and suspicious of anyone knocking&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The officer said: &#8216;I constantly have to have my guard up in a place where I should feel at home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter admitted threatening behaviour and was given a 12-month community order with 160 hours unpaid work and 25 rehabilitation days, but magistrates refused an application for a restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12837331\/Roofer-46-threatened-murder-police-officer-neighbour-asked-turn-music-avoids-jail-arguing-shouldnt-taken-literally-Irish-heritage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roofer, 46, who threatened to &#8216;murder&#8217; 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