There are two types of people in this world: those who jump for joy when they hear the opening strains of 'Wagon Wheel', and those who fly into a murderous rage.

Derry man Stephen Leighton falls firmly in the latter camp, as was proven during his court appearance at Coleraine Magistrates Court yesterday.

The court heard how a neighbour of his had been playing Nathan Carter's cover of 'Wagon Wheel' - which was originally by American band Old Crow Medicine Show - repeatedly, and Leighton admitted that he 'snapped'.

On a night in January, it was reported that he stormed up a communal stairwell in his apartment building shouting: "If I hear Wagon Wheel one more time I'm going to break that stereo" before banging on his neighbour's door and breaking two windows.

His barrister Francis Lafferty said that he had been subjected to repeated playing of the song "on the night in question and for some time beforehand", and believed that it was "some sort of psychological torture." He claimed that after Leighton had threatened to break his neighbour's stereo, the song was "played more loudly and more repetitively".

He received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay £200 for the damage to the windows.

It seems that Carter is enjoying the publicity, at least...