Council bosses send FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl angry letter telling her to keep the noise down after neighbour complained of ‘loud shouting, banging and visitors’
- Ariana Edwards, four, often cries because of her eczema at her Birmingham flat
- She was sent a letter by Birmingham City Council warning her of noises
- The council said the letter should have been sent to her mother Bella Rodriguez
A four-year-old girl who often cries because of her painful eczema has received an angry letter from her council after her neighbour made a noise complaint.
Ariana Edwards was told off by Birmingham City Council for ‘loud shouting, banging and visitors’ in her family’s flat in Billesley.
And it warned she would be subject to ‘further investigation’ should another complaint be made.
Ariana Edwards, four, has been told off by Birmingham City Council for ‘loud shouting, banging and visitors’ at her family home
The letter was addressed to the four-year-old accidentally and the council said it should have been addressed to her mother Bella Rodriguez
The council later confirmed the letter was sent to Ariana by mistake and should have been addressed to her mother Bella Rodriguez.
The 24-year-old mother-of-two accepted there had been a history of noise complaints but insisted she was a good neighbour.
The letter read: ‘Dear Miss Edwards, I write as I have received an allegation of anti-social behaviour from your address.
‘The allegation is: – Loud shouting, loud banging, loud visitors.
‘While this is only an allegation I feel it is important to bring the matter to your attention. If I receive any further complaints I will have to investigate further.
‘If you have any enquires please do not hesitate to contact me.’
Bella said she laughed as she read the letter to her little one, who has eczema and occasionally cries at night.
‘As I opened it, I thought it was strange that Ariana had a letter but I thought maybe it was from the GP,’ she told BirminghamLive.
Bella said she laughed as she read the letter to her little one, who has eczema and occasionally cries at night
‘But then I had to laugh as I read it, suggested my child is responsible for anti-social behaviour.’
Bella said council staff had even visited her home twice to investigate the noise complaints, but both times she was out on the school run.
‘When she walks she is heavy footed, the way she walks she kind of stamps,’ she said.
‘She has eczema on her arms and the back of her legs so sometimes she wakes up and starts crying and she’ll be scratching. She’ll make noise because it’s itching her.’
Bella said there were previously complaints over her daughter’s cying as a newborn baby.
And she accepted there had been other noise issues. She said police called at her home the morning after she threw a gender reveal party in February for her younger daughter.
But Bella said she had been wrongly blamed in other complaints about reggae music being played.
A statement from Birmingham City Council said: ‘This was an error and the letter should have been addressed to the tenant of the property.
‘The complaint does not relate to the child in any way.
‘As the notification letter explains, it is guests to the home who are allegedly causing loud banging and shouting, often late at night.
‘An officer has visited the property to explain this to the tenant.’