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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. 1 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 comer with some overheard
saying they would break in around the corner. 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”. 1 quickly went up to Mr Cordell and told
him to stop or 1 would arrest him to prevent a breach of
the peace. At this Mr Cordell went back and stayed away.
The large group did indeed try to get into adjoining
premises that they thought led to the rave venue but were
slopped by officers and moved off back into Millmarsh
lane, although one officer Pc Wale was injured during a
struggle. I requested the attendance of as many units as
possible including dogs and TSG as the

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