The Dundee woman who inspired The View’s single Grace written about a long-standing problem between her and the band’s guitarist Pete Reilly has refused to accept an olive branch from the band.
Grace Smith (63), from the City Road area, says she has never heard the song, which urges peace to break out in the neighbourly dispute, and says even if she had she wants nothing to do with what the band believe is a conciliatory message.
Any chance of a handshake between the two households disappeared in the early hours of Monday when Pete’s flatmate was arrested by police for having the TV on too loud, breaching his ASBO.
“I have nothing to say to Peter Reilly,” Ms Smith said on Tuesday. “It’s his lodger that’s caused all the problems mainly. Peter goes away and leaves him there and he brings people in and makes all kinds of noise.
“They were stamping on the floor and banging things off the floor and everything, but Peter knows what’s going on.
“I don’t believe anything that comes out of his mouth. They’re supposed to be quietening down but it’s a lot of rubbish they never change their ways.”
Peter Reilly has previously accused Ms Smith of being a “serial complainer” after police were called to his flat several times to deal with noise complaints since he moved there around 18 months ago, with Tayside Police confirming there had been several complaints raised about noise from the flat in the preceding years.
Other neighbours say they have had no problems with them.
However, police were called to the flat in the early hours of Monday morning and Mr Reilly’s flatmate was arrested on his 30th birthday for breaching an anti-social behaviour order.
Jamie Duncan was granted bail after admitting that, while on bail, on March 21 he played a radio, tv, hi-fi, computer or other sound-making equipment at a volume that rendered it audible to neighbours.
The court heard he was alone in the flat at the time. Sentence was deferred until April 14 for reports.
Pete Reilly was in Liverpool at the time of Monday’s incident.
He said, “I only know what I’ve been told. Jamie says the police didn’t even think the TV was too loud, but obviously they could hear it downstairs.
“It’s up to her what she says. I just want to concentrate on rehearsing for the tour. I might move out of here at some point in the future, but not right now.”
Duncan had been sentenced to 120 hours’ community service in September after admitting disturbing his neighbours with loud music, behaving in a disorderly manner on August 28, playing his stereo at an excessive volume, shouting and stamping on the floor, breaching the peace and resisting police officers.