RIOTS at the EPSOM Derby

RIOT police had to intervene after violence broke out on Derby day at Epsom, with 11 arrests made at the track on Saturday.

One eyewitness claimed a fight broke out between two groups of teenagers, with bottles reportedly being hurled in anger, leaving innocent bystanders to take evasive action to avoid injury.

"After the last race people were just kicking off, throwing bottles," said the spectator, quoted in the Evening Standard, who claimed "hundreds" were involved at the peak of the violence.

He added: "Then another group of boys had a fight and started throwing things into the middle, where people were standing.

"There were people screaming, saying there were knives too. But the bottles were worse than the knives. It looked like 1.5 litre bottles of vodka were getting smacked over 17-year-olds. People fled because of it."

He added: "When there were lots of fighters, that's when police started moving in. Everyone was saying the Queen could probably see the fights from where she was."




Surrey Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward, claiming it was a "small minority" who caused the trouble.

Temporary chief superintendent Jerry Westerman said: "The Investec Derby festival is a hugely popular event attracting many thousands of people from both the local area and wider afield. The majority of visitors come to have a good time and enjoy themselves and it is a small minority who cause trouble and spoil the atmosphere.

"Surrey Police will not tolerate this kind of behaviour and anyone who can assist officers with their investigation is urged to do the right thing and come forward.

"I would appeal to anyone who witnessed the incident or may have captured it on camera to contact police - any information could help officers piece together the events and bring those responsible to justice."





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If this happened in SA imagine all the haters

Yup Sheza, it was the Investec derby

So fuck it blame GC or Phum

Sad to see. Too much alcohol on a warm day.

Tut tut....some call it a riot....here in SA it's just another day in parliament

Can you imagine if they reported what happens at ground level come night time on July day
Urinating in public, theft , assault , but the difference between here and the uk ,is a police presence, they come in numbers, here a fight breaks out and there are 2 security trying to end it

Sad story wherever it happens

It happened at Royal Ascot was it last year, so a repeat now on Derby Day couldn't get worse now suppose would it.
And our mother grundies in Cape Town get all steamed up because of the blaring music on J&B day. :silly:

mikesack wrote: It happened at Royal Ascot was it last year, so a repeat now on Derby Day couldn't get worse now suppose would it.
And our mother grundies in Cape Town get all steamed up because of the blaring music on J&B day. :silly:

There was a party on the way to the start yesterday, actually thought to myself that this is way lounder than what happened at Kenilworth..

And most were on course to witness