As I was leaving he shouted after me and told me I was barred from each karaoke night.' 'He then told me I was barred, but I was still allowed to drink in there. 'When I went back in the following week and asked if he was taking orders to sing he told me he wasn't, but he wouldn't let me sing anyway. 'I told him I didn't think I was treated very fairly, and that was that - I went home and that was the end of the evening. 'After five people had gone on and I walked out, then at the end of the night I went back in and had a word with the DJ. He added: 'I was down to be the second person to sing, it was quiet at that time, there was hardly anyone there. The trouble started at a karaoke evening at The York Inn on Sunday, August 27, when Mr Carpenter put his name down to sing but was never called. 'I've had my liberty taken away from me.' He first discovered karaoke in October last year when he gave it a go while on holiday in the Algarve and was instantly hooked He first discovered karaoke in October last year when he gave it a go while on holiday in the Algarve and was instantly hooked.

Mr Carpenter, who is divorced and has two children, two step-children and a grandchild, works as an attendant in a local amusement arcade. He now claims he has to drive 25 miles to take part in what he describes as his sole source of entertainment.

Mr Carpenter said it now feels like he has lost his liberty after being told he was no longer welcome behind the mic at his favourite venues in his home town of Exmouth, Devon. The grandfather has also heckled and interrupted other performers, fought with fellow singers and started threatening the DJ when he didn't get his way. The final straw for one pub came when Mr Carpenter, dubbed 'Elvis' by his friends, got into a angry row when another singer was bumped up the list in front of him. The grandfather has also heckled and interrupted other performers, fought with fellow singers and started threatening the DJ when he didn't get his way

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