WE'VE all been there - a noisy neighbour keeping the party going into the small hours, possibly blasting out the greatest hit of Robbie Williams on repeat.
The temptation to go all Michael Douglas in Falling Down, is massive, but as one New Zealand pharmacist learned the hard way, taking the law into your own hands is not necessarily the best step.
A Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal suspended the pharmacist after hearing he "snapped" and doused two of his neighbours in petrol after years of disputes over noise complaints.
The Tribunal heard the pharmacist had attempted to talk to his neighbours about a series of noise complaints, but when Noise Control deemed the alleged racket coming from the nearby home was within appropriate levels on 05 Aug 2017, the pharmacist went to the house with a can of petrol.
He told the Tribunal that he had not intended to use the fuel, but "send a message that enough was enough", however, the confrontation became heated and he doused the noisy neighbour head-to-toe in petrol.
When a second neighbour attempted to intervene, petrol spilled onto them too.
The pharmacist has been ordered to attend six therapy sessions with a clinical psychologist and provide a letter from the psychologist before returning to practice.
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