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Kensington & Chelsea noise patrol shut down Notting Hill party (20 July 2015)
Date: 20/07/2015
A London couple had their party shut down for nuisance, after booking a group of bongo drummers to play at their Notting Hill home.
The Evening Standard reports that CNN’s White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski, 41, and her 50-year-old husband Kimbell Duncan – a former banker – subjected neighbours to two hours of bongo drumming on one of the hottest nights of the year, when neighbours had their windows open.
Kensington and Chelsea’s noise enforcement team were called to the couple’s home in Pembridge Square after the noise of ten bongo players could be heard more than one mile away from the property.
The council’s noise patrol shut down the party at 9.33pm, after guests started an African drum circle in the couple’s back garden, with some guests learning how to play the bongos for the first time.
Ms Kosinski has admitted that the party got out-of-control and she has apologised for the disturbance.
A guest at the party said the noise was the outcome of “a bit too much champagne and a warm summer’s night”.
A neighbour of the couple added:
“It was a very warm night, so everyone’s windows were open. The noise level was unbelievable. The party was civil – but it was an unacceptable level of noise, with drums going on for over two hours. I was thrilled to bits when it stopped and I think the guests were, too. There was no rhythm at all.”
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