A “NIGHTMARE neighbour” who assaulted two residents in his road has been handed a fine and told to learn to get along with the neighbourhood.

Jordan David Geary, of Springfield Drive, Totton, appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating against two of his neighbours on November 18, last year. He was ordered to pay £340 in fines, compensation and court costs.

The court heard Geary was known for holding late-night parties, and keeping his neighbours awake with loud music and rowdy visitors.

Prosecutor Charles Nightingale said in November a PCSO attended his neighbour’s address for a completely different reason and noticed loud music and noise coming from Geary’s address, where he had friends over. The woman was asked by police if she wanted them to ask them to quiet down.

After the PCSO’s visit, Geary visited his neighbour’s address and confronted her, upsetting her with abusive behaviour.

The woman called a couple she was friends with, who were Geary’s other neighbours, and they sat with her until the noisy neighbours left.

Mr Nightingale said the couple left the home but bumped into Geary outside, who was leaving to go out with his friends.

A comment was made by the husband which resulted in an exchange and Geary pushing the man.

The two women got between the men but Geary pushed the one neighbour out the way and grabbed the other by her arm and swung her around, causing her to fall over and bump her head.

The woman’s husband believed she had been knocked unconscious but Geary claimed she was “faking it”.

Mr Nightingale said: “He seems uncaring about the impact of his neighbours. All of them speak of him being uncaring regarding the impact of the way he lives his life and how that affects his neighbours.”

In mitigation, Barry Keel said Geary had suffered serious brain injuries after falling from a window and being left in a coma for five weeks – which resulted in a large compensation payout.

The Daily Echo previously reported Geary, who was 22 at the time, and his friend Joe Terrey, then 23, had fallen from a fourth storey window, which had not been screwed in properly.

Mr Keel said since the incident there had been no further problems as Geary had taken steps to monitor the music and told his friends to keep the noise down.

Chairing the bench, Mr Charles Aspinell said when parties which created a lot of noise were held frequently over a long time, people became upset.

He added: “I think you know the gravity of your actions and the importance of finding a way to get on with your neighbours, especially if you don’t want to be brought back before this court.”

After the hearing, one of Geary’s neighbours told the Echo: “He is a nightmare neighbour. I am quite a chill person so I do not get too annoyed, but it is a problem because it upsets everyone else.

“He doesn’t care when we ask him to stop. He will come back, usually on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night after being out and carry on the party at his.

“I don’t mind someone having a party, but when it gets out of control the whole neighbourhood gets involved because they just want him to stop.”

Another neighbour added: “I have not recently been affected. Last summer was quite bad. He would have parties going on from 1am until 5am. It just interrupts your sleep.

“I do feel very sorry for the the woman who lives right next to him. It affects her more than it affects me.”

One neighbour said: “It is awful.The music has woken up my four-year-old grandson a few times.

“He shouldn’t be allowed to live there – he is so disruptive to the neighbourhood. Most the time you don’t hear anything but when you do you know it is going to kick off.

“I feel extremely sorry for the neighbour right next to him and what she has to go through. She has it constantly. She is so upset; she just wants to have a nice quiet life.”