Because of loud noise during sex, a British woman could find herself inside jail soon. Caroline Cartwright, 48, was officially branded with anti-social behavior. She was ordered by the court to refrain from making those loud noises during lovemaking.

Neighbors were said to hear unusual noises during Cartwright’s marathon romps with husband Steve. They described the noises as disturbing and “like they are both in considerable pain.”

Cartwright was earlier served with an anti-social behavior order (Asbo) because of their “unnatural” lovemaking. In issuing the order, Judge Beatrice Bolton said. “I’ve heard a very short extract of the noise you make and can well see that hour neighbors would be upset and distressed by this.”

She however admitted to having violated it almost immediate, and repeatedly last April. Because of this, she has been given an eight-week  prison terms suspended for 12 months. If she engages in over-noisy sex again in the next year, she will immediately be put behind bars.

An anti-social behavior order is a civil order made against people deemed to be a public nuisance, and is more typically issued for young delinquents using threatening behaviour, or disrupting the peace.

At an earlier hearing the court was told that the local council set up special equipment in a neighbor’s flat and recorded noise levels of 30-40 decibels, peaking at 47, as loud as a conversation in the same room.

In a hearing, Cartwright told the court that she has been trying to restrain herself and that it is not something she is doing on purpose.

“I have tried to minimise the situation by having sex in the morning, not at night, so the noise was not waking anybody.