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whose evidence we also had given to us. When they arrived in
uniform and in a marked police car, the gate suddenly closed.
"The music was audible, but not what I would expect," he said,
"coming from a plot of land.
I saw Simon Cordell, whom I'd seen at another event.
He was only a few feet behind the gate.
He expressed concern, Simon Cordell, that the squatters would
be evicted and I reassured him that we would not be doing so.
He then showed me around the site.
Once I’d seen a rave had not started, I took the decision I could
close it down.
He tried to convince me it wasn't a rave, that it was a birthday
party, or a conference.
He then in his evidence refers to the three large, industrial-sized
gas cylinders containing nitrous oxide.
At page 7 of the appellant's bundle he refers to that as "three
empty C02 gas canisters I had in my vehicle.
At page 401 he describes this as a private house party.
At page 258, again there is a statement from the same Moses
Howe asserting that he had hired out "my sound system" to a
party.
In fact, said Officer King, the people on the premises became
agitated and aggressive - rather, the people who came to the
premises were agitated and aggressive.
There were shouts of, "Let's storm them.
Let's get in.
These were the people who were coming to the rave.
The evidence of this officer is that Simon D Cordell, who was
initially inside, shouted out, "Come on.
There's more of you than there is of them," encouraging those
who were outside to in fact storm the premises.
This was quite a major incident in the end and, despite limited
resources, the officer called for the Senatorial Support Group to
attend and for dog units to attend, which they did.
In the event, thirty to forty officers turned up and he said that
they were able ultimately to push the attendees, hopeful of
attending the rave, back to the railway station, or back on to
trains.
Mr. Ames, another police officer, gave evidence in relation to
that.
He said that he had dealt with Simon Cordell a number of times
before.
Simon Cordell was trying to say we couldn’t shut his rave down
and he started arguing the toss as to what is a rave and what isn't
a rave, but eventually he decided whether we would be allowed
access and he gave the orders and everyone seemed to respond to
what he told them to do.
All of that evidence we accept.
We have endeavoured to test it by reference to the appellant's
bundle and his assertion as to what he says was in fact going on.