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Officer Aaron King States: “Mr. Simon Cordell's exited 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 Aaron has been told this third party and he
knows that he has stated the true facts in his statements of truth, and that Mr Simon Cordell
was present in a car and would not have been able to carry such large sound equipment.
Officer Aaron 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 were 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 comer
with some overheard saying they would break in round the comer.
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 Aaron 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 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 Aaron King States: “The large group did indeed try to get into adjoining premises that
they thought led to the rave venue but 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
crowd continued to throw items, some of which were landing on cars that had been
temporarily stopped due to the group. We had been joined by two dog units who took the lead
in dispersing the crowd. At this point there were two arrests to my left and along with the
dogs this seemed to make the crowd withdraw. I told my officers and the dogs not to follow
the crowd as they were now by the train station with nowhere to go as the barriers were
down. There was a tense standoff for some time, but the group eventually got onto trains and
left the area.”
Officer Aaron King states: “I could hear shouts”
Mr Simon Cordell will state; “that he was not the person shouting or causing any Anti-
Social Behaviour neither did he take part in the organisation of the private birthday party.”