A pensioner emptied a bucket of water from his flat onto a diner eating outside a restaurant below after getting fed up with the noise.
Patrick Cahill, 73, said he hadn't slept for three months because of the noise coming from the La Bodega tapas bar in swanky Notting Hill, west London.
He claimed he had been very stressed by the situation and just wanted one night's sleep.
Cahill showered a man having a meal with his family who 'suddenly felt liquid on him'.
Appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court , Cahill admitted a charge of common assault in connection with the incident on the evening of Friday July 12.
Misha Majid, prosecuting, said: "At around 9.50pm in the evening the victim in the matter was at La Bodega restaurant on Tavistock Road.
"There are residential properties above that premises. The victim was present there having dinner with his family when all of a sudden he felt liquid pour down on him.
"When he looked up he saw that the defendant had thrown a bucket of water from the flat above."
She said police were satisfied the liquid was water, although the victim thought he could smell bleach.
Ms Majid added: "Given that water was used, although not a weapon, the Crown would say it was a particularly nasty offence.
"I do believe in his own statement he has set out he was surprised and shocked by the incident."
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