bobson
28-08-2012, 09:00 AM
Police right to charge South Australian couple Jessica Angel and Colin MacKenzie over noisy sex, poll says
NEARLY 10,000 people have voted, and two-thirds say police were right to intervene after Colin MacKenzie and Jessica Angel's overly passionate love-making drove a whole neighbourhood wild.
An adelaidenow poll taken yesterday found that about two-thirds of 9686 people believed the police did the right thing in clamping down.
By 4pm today, 67.61 per cent, or 6549 votes, said police had the right to intervene if a couple is too noisy during sex, while 32.39 per cent, or 3137 votes, batted for the other side.
You can still have your say in the poll to the right.
Meanwhile, the story make a splash across the country - and the world, with websites from India, the UK and the US reporting the tale of the very much in-love couple.
After repeated complaints about their passionate but noisy love-making, police were forced to step in to give their neighbours some peace and quiet.
The SA couple may be the first to be charged with offences under the Environmental Protection Act - as a direct result of their noisy sex.
The couple from Adelaide's Black Forest suburb are believed to be the first in South Australia to be charged with offences under the Environmental Protection Act - as a direct result of their noisy sex and could face up to a $4000 fine.
Police patrols have been to the couple's unit 20 times since April. The latest callouts - last Sunday night and twice early Tuesday morning - resulted in the couple being charged with disturbing the public peace and hindering an environmental protection officer.
"We exceeded the noise pollution to the point we were arrested and taken out of our own house and told we couldn't have sex," a stunned Ms Angel said.
Mr MacKenzie said: "It is completely over the top. I have been fined for having sex in my own house."
On Sunday night, Ms Angel, 34, allegedly the loudest, was issued with an emergency Environment Protection Order by police.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/police-right-to-charged-south-australian-couple-jessica-angel-and-colin-mackenzie-over-noisy-sex-poll-says/story-e6frfkp9-1226458052248#ixzz24n3n3dXH
NEARLY 10,000 people have voted, and two-thirds say police were right to intervene after Colin MacKenzie and Jessica Angel's overly passionate love-making drove a whole neighbourhood wild.
An adelaidenow poll taken yesterday found that about two-thirds of 9686 people believed the police did the right thing in clamping down.
By 4pm today, 67.61 per cent, or 6549 votes, said police had the right to intervene if a couple is too noisy during sex, while 32.39 per cent, or 3137 votes, batted for the other side.
You can still have your say in the poll to the right.
Meanwhile, the story make a splash across the country - and the world, with websites from India, the UK and the US reporting the tale of the very much in-love couple.
After repeated complaints about their passionate but noisy love-making, police were forced to step in to give their neighbours some peace and quiet.
The SA couple may be the first to be charged with offences under the Environmental Protection Act - as a direct result of their noisy sex.
The couple from Adelaide's Black Forest suburb are believed to be the first in South Australia to be charged with offences under the Environmental Protection Act - as a direct result of their noisy sex and could face up to a $4000 fine.
Police patrols have been to the couple's unit 20 times since April. The latest callouts - last Sunday night and twice early Tuesday morning - resulted in the couple being charged with disturbing the public peace and hindering an environmental protection officer.
"We exceeded the noise pollution to the point we were arrested and taken out of our own house and told we couldn't have sex," a stunned Ms Angel said.
Mr MacKenzie said: "It is completely over the top. I have been fined for having sex in my own house."
On Sunday night, Ms Angel, 34, allegedly the loudest, was issued with an emergency Environment Protection Order by police.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/police-right-to-charged-south-australian-couple-jessica-angel-and-colin-mackenzie-over-noisy-sex-poll-says/story-e6frfkp9-1226458052248#ixzz24n3n3dXH