A WOMAN has been jailed for breaching court orders that she stop shouting and screaming during sex with her husband.
Caroline Cartwright, 48, was remanded in custody until May 5 charged with three breaches of an Anti Social Behaviour Order which banned her from "making excessive noise" during sex anywhere in Britain.
Houghton le Spring Magistrates' Court heard that police arrested her on April 18, on April 22 and again on April 26 after reports from neighbours she was flouting the ban with husband Steve.
Cartwright was arrested yesterday and charged with the third breaching order offence.
Prosecutor Claire Ward said neighbours had complained to police on three separate occasions about early morning noises of shouting, moaning, groaning and a bed banging against the wall coming from the Cartwrights' home.
Accompanied by two dock officers, she spoke only to confirm her name, age and address and enter her not guilty pleas.
Cartwright, whose husband sat in the public gallery, elected to be tried by jury and the case will be transferred to Newcastle Crown Court at a later date.
A bail application from defence solicitor Peter Lothian was refused.
During an earlier hearing, neighbours including one who was partially deaf said they had not enjoyed a solid night of sleep for two years because of the Cartwright's sexual encounters.
After a series of complaints, the local council's environmental health department placed recording equipment in the flat next door to the couple's house in Tyne and Wear. In the subsequent 23 recordings that were made - through a soundproofed wall - and played to Sunderland magistrates, the sound of slapping and screaming was clearly audible. One neighbour said: "I heard sounds of a sexual nature, they were really loud, and there was a lot of moaning and groaning and screaming as if in pain. It wasn't just the woman, it came from both parties."
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