Yate rave: Four more people charged after Halloween party during lockdown
Four people, including one man from Bristol, have been summonsed to attend court
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Four more people have been charged after a Halloween party during lockdown.
The Yate rave was attended by over 700 people over Halloween weekend Four more people are due to appear in court next month after being charged with offences connected to the unauthorised music event held in Yate. The latest four people will appear in court charged with a number of offences including assaulting emergency workers, failing to leave when requested and obstructing police The rave, held in a disused warehouse on Stover Trading estate over Halloween weekend had over 700 attendees, who have been widely criticised for their blatant breach of covid-19 regulations. The latest charges come after six men were slapped with fines after pleading guilty to similar charges at the beginning of February.
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Six people have been summonsed to appear in court over the next few days and more than a dozen fined following the unlicensed music event that happened over Halloween in South Gloucestershire. Hundreds of people gathered at a warehouse in Yate late at night on Saturday 31 October. Police prevented an estimated 200-300 other people reaching the site and broke up the event in the hours that followed. Two people received £10,000 fines in the days after for their part in organising the event, in breach of COVID-19 regulations at the time. A further 13 people have now been retrospectively fined £200 for attending a large gathering, as per the restrictions at the time.