A DJ and record label boss has vowed to fight on after magistrates rejected his appeal against a notice banning him from being a noise nuisance.

Felix Dickinson, 27, was served the noise abatement notice after he held an 18-hour party in a field close to Ferrings Lake, East Chiltington, near Plumpton.

The land is owned by his mother, local author Antonia Price, who was also served with the notice banning any noise on her property which causes a nuisance.

Dickinson, of Lewes Road, East Chiltington, spent £2,000 on the bash for 500 friends last September, with stewards, a marquee and a 9,000-watt sound system.

He informed the police and left his mobile number in case of any problem. When one complaint was received, the sound system was immediately turned down.

Sgt Phil Kellett visited the site and found the party to be "well organised" and the music "not excessively loud".

But neighbours, including a partially deaf woman, complained about the noise.

Mrs Price said the small number of complainants were the same people who had objected to her allowing a family of gypsies to live on her land, and that was the real reason for their complaints.

But now Lewes Magistrates have rejected the appeal against the notice, leaving Dickinson and Mrs Price with costs of thousands.

After the case, Dickinson said: "We will take this to Crown Court, the House of Lords and Europe.

"It means I can't use amplified music on land owned by my mother and I have a recording studio on the site.

"Civil liberties are at stake. I don't want to live in this country if there are these kind of restrictions."

Dickinson's Ugly record label, run from his home, had a club hit last summer with Da Rebels' House Nation Under A Groove.

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