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Hundreds of fines were imposed by police across England when revelers ignored warnings to ring in the new year with just their own home.
Various forces issued the maximum £ 10,000 fine to New Year’s Eve party organizers as they fought to get people to abide by the coronavirus rules.
The new restrictions, which went into effect at midnight on Dec. 31, meant that a total of 44 million people – 78 percent of England’s population – were seen in 2021 under the toughest Tier 4 measures.
The Metropolitan Police said they attended calls to 58 unlicensed music events and parties in violation of Level 4 rules in London overnight.
Some 217 people were fined with fixed sanctions in London, while five people were charged with a possible £ 10,000 fine for organizing large gatherings of people.
The equipment was seized from a church in Essex after police broke up a party
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Four people were arrested for violating Covid regulations after meeting in central London.
The force also said that two men, ages 18 and 19, were stabbed and a 17-year-old girl was hit in the head with a bottle after a New Year’s Eve party on Edgware Road.
Essex police said three people were arrested after hundreds of revelers vandalized a 500-year-old church during an unlicensed music event in the town of East Horndon.
Organizers of the event inside All Saints Church, a Grade II * listed building, installed a bar and DJ decks and rented portable toilets for partygoers, causing damage of more than £ 1,000.
Essex Police said officers were threatened and objects were thrown at them as they tried to interact with those present.
A party stopped on Bury Road in Sewardstonebury
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The force handed out more than £ 18,000 in fines to unlicensed music event organizers over the course of the new year.
Lancashire Police Detective Chief Terry Woods tweeted at 2.30am: “Demand is now increasing – assault issues, fights at house parties, sadly domestic abuse and people reaching a crisis.
“I spent the midnight strike on foot with police looking for a high-risk missing person. I just resumed assistance with the arrest of a violent alcoholic driver, welcome to 2021 !! ”
Police next to Eros statue in Piccadilly ask a man to move
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West Midlands police were also battling lockdown fatigue as 2020 drew to a close.
Police Chief Dave Thompson tweeted: “I’m afraid some shocking Covid crashes with very large house parties. Well attended by the team. It’s always a pleasure spending time with such professional officials. ”
Merseyside Police got ahead of the game by setting up a dispersal zone at Pier Head and other parts of Liverpool city center between 7:30 p.m. on New Years Eve and noon on January 1.
The order came just hours after a social media post circulated encouraging people to gather near the Liver Building for a party with the words “F *** tier 3,” the Echo of Liverpool reported.
Other forces acted more lightly, with Wiltshire police reporting “a quiet and peaceful new year”, issuing around 20 formal warnings for the house parties to disperse.
Greater Manchester Police, by contrast, issued 105 fixed fine notices for violations of Covid regulation between 5 p.m. on New Years Eve and 7 a.m. on January 1.
Most of the fines were issued at house parties, but there were several more significant incidents, including a rave at an industrial estate in Wigan and a big fight at a party of around 30 people in Manchester city center.
Leicestershire police said they delivered 75 fixed fine notices over the new year period, totaling nearly £ 74,000.
Between 7 a. From New Years Eve and 7 a.m. On New Years Day, the force received 191 reports of Covid violations from the public.
Police patrol Piccadilly Circus on New Years Eve
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Fines of £ 10,000 were issued to six people for holding a gathering of more than 30 people, while 57 fines were issued at Level 4 for participating in a gathering of two or more people in a private home or indoors.
Brighton and Hove police issued 66 tickets overnight on New Year’s Eve, but thanked the “vast majority” of people for staying home.
These were among the 81 fixed ticket notices issued by Sussex Police between 6:00 PM Thursday and 3:00 AM Friday.
The fines ranged from outdoor group gatherings in public spaces to private parties and people traveling from out of the area to the county.
Scottish police said revelers gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill, but “dispersed without incident” once officers asked.
Additional PA reports
