Published:
1:07 PM May 10, 2021
Approximately 30 people were found to have been at the party in February during the third Covid lockdown.
- Credit: Metropolitan Police
A man has admitted breaking Covid rules after throwing a Hackney boat party during the pandemic.
Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on April 30, after approximately 30 people gathered for a party on a house boat on the River Lea between Tottenham Lock and Hackney.
Police received several calls in the early hours of February 13 reporting a large number of people playing music on a boat located off Hackney Marshes at about 4.20am.
A video of the arrest shows the moments after the sergeant had called for back-up and a group of police officers swarmed the building . Neighbours watched as the scene unfolded and some started recording the incident.
In the video, Sam Touray can be heard telling officers, I m on my balcony. Anti-social behaviour for what?
An onlooker off-camera adds: He s getting arrested for being on his balcony.
He says he was searched and police found nothing on him but still handed him an anti-social behaviour (ASB) warning notice for loitering and drug misuse in the company of others, even though when handcuffed and searched, he said: I was alone and have video evidence of this.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Police broke up a party on a house boat in Hackney on Saturday, February 13, after officers found around 30 people on board. Photo: PA A man has denied breaching Covid-19 regulations after police broke up an illegal party on a houseboat in London attended by nearly 30 people. Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, of no fixed address, was charged last month with one count of holding a gathering of more than 30 people and one count of participating in a gathering of two or more people. He appeared in person at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, March 2 where he pleaded not guilty to both charges.
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