Despite saying he wouldn’t do it again, a Celine Dion fan has been fined and had thousands of pounds worth of equipment removed.

Gareth Davies, of Hone Street, Strood, was found guilty of seven breaches of a noise abatement notice when he appeared before Dartford Magistrates’ Court.

He was fined £50 on each of the charges and ordered to pay £500 costs. In total he will have to pay back £870, as well as losing thousands of pounds worth of equipment.

The 48-year-old first had equipment seized in March 2014 after he was heard playing music, including Celine Dion’s Titanic hit, My Heart Will Go On.

He made his neighbours’ lives a misery by loudly playing music including Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On, James Brown’s Love Machine, Apache Indian’s Boom Shack-A-Lack, Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild and the theme tune to Toy Story, Randy Newman’s You’ve Got A Friend In Me.

Speaking to the Medway Messenger in April last year he said it would not be happening again: “I’m constantly wondering about the noise now. This hasn’t solved anything. I’m not going to be able to talk to my neighbours again.

“I should be able to have a machine to see my decibel level so I know where I stand. All I’m doing is trying to save my liver because I’m trying to stop drinking. I used to sing one or two songs for 10-15 minutes and that was it.”

Mr Davies was monitored by Medway Council’s environmental protection team and officers heard music being played in the afternoon and early evening. He was then served with a noise abatement order.

The former window salesman, who has been living in the Victorian terraced house since 1988, admitted he had ignored the order, thinking he would get the chance to defend himself before any further action was taken.

After six breaches, a warrant was obtained from magistrates and officers seized any noise-making items from his home. These included a 3D TV, a laptop, speakers, a sound docking station, an iPod, 32 DVDs, CDs, a PlayStation 3 and a Playstation 4.

His equipment was returned but in June 2014 music was once again heard blaring from Mr Davies’ home including Celine Dion, Madness, The Cure, The Smiths, James Brown and some classical numbers.

Technology worth around £3,000 was seized including Sony PlayStations, three flat screen TVs, Apple MacBook Air, five Bose speakers, a Bose power speaker system, a Bose control console, an iPod touch and Bose docking station, a Sony DVD player and Sony Soundbar.

Cllr Peter Hicks, Medway Council’s portfolio holder for community safety, said: “This man was a nuisance to his neighbours and now he has been hit hard in the pocket.

“People have the right to lead a peaceful existence in their own homes and this case sends out the message that anti-social behaviour of this sort will not be tolerated.”