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Officer AAaron King States: Whilst talking with Mr. Cordell there were small groups of
teenagers arriving at the site and entering via a break in the fence, (the gates still being shut at
this time). I got Ps Ames to get units to us to prevent further people trespassing on the land
and to discourage people from attending the location and exited the venue to a wait.
Mr Simon Cordell will state that he should not be accountable for other people’s actions that
he took no part in. For people to further be trespassing someone would have had to be
arrested for trespass in the beginning, who is this person.
Officer AAaron King States: Mr. Cordell's exit with the sound equipment. Whilst waiting I
radioed for the on-call Superintendent so I could get the various Rave legislation approved so
that I could seize the sound equipment and enforce a rave cordon on Millmarsh Lane to
prevent people entering.
Mr Simon Cordell will state that Inspector AAaron has been told this third party and he
knows that he has stated the true facts in his statements of truth, that Mr Simon Cordell was
present in a car and would not able to carry such large sound equipment.
Officer AAaron King States: Whilst stood by the venue a number of people began leaving,
most were laughing but the odd one was blaming police for stopping the event. Suddenly
there was a huge number of mainly teenagers walking towards me from the direction of
Mollison Avenue. Apparently, this group had all arrived together from the nearby railway
station. Straight away some of this group headed straight towards us saying they were going
to storm the place. I had been joined by a few team officers and we advised them that the rave
had been closed down and they would not be allowed to enter. There was some verbal
confrontation but the large group which was up to 100 strong moved off round the corner
with some overheard saying they would break in round the corner.
Mr Simon Cordell will state that at no point did he take part in anyone else’s Anti-Social
Behaviour and he did not cause Anti-social Behaviour.
Officer AAaron King States: As they began to move off Mr. Cordell stood by the break in the
fence and shouted words to the effect of, "Come on, there is more of you".
And he quickly went up to Mr Cordell and told him to stop or he would arrest him to prevent
a breach of the peace. At this Mr Cordell went back and stayed away.
Mr Simon Cordell will state that at no point of time would he say this, and he would never in
danger another person’s life in such a manner. Mr Simon Cordell will state that he would
never encourage activities that would lead to incitement of a riot, and as there
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was more than 12 people present he know if this statement was true, he would have been
arrested under offences contrary to section’s 5, 4A, 4, of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and or
section 91.
Officer AAaron King States: The large group did indeed try to get into adjoining premises
that they thought led to the rave venue hut were stopped by officers and moved off back into
Millmarsh lane, although one officer Pc Wale was injured- during a struggle. T requested the
attendance of as many units as possible including dogs and TSG as the group were becoming
more hostile towards officers despite there being no music now and being informed of the
closure. A short while later officers I had positioned at the junction radioed that there was
now an even bigger crowd advancing on them. I arrived at the junction to see a very large
number of people, now up to 200 walking with purpose towards officers stood in the road.
Suddenly objects began to get thrown from the crowd towards police. I saw traffic cones,
cone lights, bottles and stones begin to land near Officers so that they had to quickly move
out of the way. I again heard phrases similar to "storm them". Fearing imminent violence I
drew and extended my baton as did my colleagues. I could hear shouts of "get back" but the