A man who was arrested for making a nuisance of himself in his home has been found not guilty of using threatening words and behaviour.

A man who was arrested for making a nuisance of himself in his own home has been found not guilty of using threatening words and behaviour. Barry Beavis, 51, from Bristol, England, had previously been warned by police that he could be charged with the offence if he continued to cause a disturbance at his home. Beavis’s ordeal began on October 27th when he was woken up by two officers knocking on his door. They were responding to complaints from neighbours about the noise coming from Beavis’s property. One neighbour even said they felt “under siege” because of the noise.

Beavis told the officers that he had done nothing wrong but they insisted on entering his property anyway. Once inside, they claimed to have seen him running around shouting and swearing at them and making threats against them and their families. Beavis also admitted to flicking water at them as they tried to arrest him. He was later charged with using threatening words or behaviour which is an offence under Section 4a of the Public Order Act 1986.

At Bristol Crown Court this week, Judge Martin Picton found Beavis not guilty after deciding that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him beyond reasonable doubt. This came after one officer said that Beavis had “frightened her witless” while another admitted that she didn’t think it would be possible for anyone to have heard what she did over the loud music coming from Beavis’s house.