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Police fine partygoers in Clifton, Hotwells, Kingsdown and Redland
More than 50 people were found at a party on Tyndall’s Park Road in the heart of the University of Bristol campus and more than 30 people at a house party on Ashgrove Road in Redland.
Thirteen people were fined £800 after police disrupted “multiple” parties across the Bristol area over the weekend.
Avon & Somerset Police officers issued 47 fixed penalty notices – 13 of which were for £800 – between Friday and Sunday as they attended more than a dozen reports of house parties.
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Several people fled the party at Tyndall’s Park Road address when police officers arrived but fixed penalty notices (of £800 were still issued to 13 people while six others were also given formal warnings. Music equipment was also seized from the address.
Two people at the Ashgrove Road party were fined while police said that “words of advice were given to the others in attendance”.
When officers arrived at another house party in Redland, on Brighton Road, several people jumped over a garden fence in a bid to escape while others hid inside the house. Ten people at the party were given £200 fines.
Six people found having a party at an address on Hotwell Road in Hotwells, four at a house on Shrubbery Avenue in Weston-super-Mare and four at a property on Coldharbour Lane in Stoke Gifford were also issued with fines.
FPNs were also handed to eight people attending gatherings at properties on Apsley Road in Clifton, Denmark Street in the city centre, Elmtree Way in Kingswood and Walsh Close in Weston-super-Mare.
Inspector Ruth Gawler said: “Millions of people across the country are diligently following the rules and making huge sacrifices to limit the spread of coronavirus.
“Yet there is clearly a selfish minority who seem to think the rules don’t apply to them and they can go about their lives as normal.
“Their actions are not only putting themselves at risk, but risking the lives of their families, friends, and their whole community.
“The fact people tried to flee from officers is evidence they know exactly what they are doing is wrong.
“We will not stand by and let these irresponsible few break the rules in this egregious manner and we will give them severe penalties.”
Main photo of Tyndall’s Park Road: Google
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