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Apparently one of Tongy's weekend shout-outs ended in carnage after he mentioned a mansion party over the airwaves !
"Online mob trashes birthday party"
Four bouncers and 20 police officers fail to stop 2,000 gatecrashers from wreaking havoc:
Bill Brooks thought he had planned for all contingencies when he organised a fancy dress disco for his stepdaughter's 18th birthday party.
He hired four bouncers to protect their Grade II listed Georgian mansion in Devon and limited the number of guests to 100. He even made sure there would be four other adults, including himself, present at all times to keep an eye on Friday night's festivities. But the 75-year-old Brooks had not counted on the party's details ending up on the internet, with an anonymous encouragement to strangers to gatecrash the event and cause as much damage as possible.
'We had no chance at all. There were thousands of people here and they have absolutely wrecked the place,' Brooks said yesterday as he and his family began clearing up the devastation. 'They smashed windows and mirrors, they were deliberately out to get us. One chap was even caught removing the door from the refrigerator.' By 7pm, all the invited guests had arrived in their fancy dress and were peacefully enjoying the party. An hour later, however, more than 2,000 drunken young people had turned up, overpowering not only the bouncers but the 20 police who came with their dogs soon afterwards, alerted by alarmed neighbours.
'I don't know where they all came from, quite a wide area I suspect,' Brooks said. 'They were all about 18 years old, like my stepdaughter, Sarah, but they were definitely not invited. You could tell because they weren't wearing fancy dress. We had hidden and locked away some valuables, but we did not know the lengths they would go to. They stole things and caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage.
'They even smashed an old family portrait photograph. We locked all the bedrooms, but they got into some of them. They smashed up the bar and jumped up and down on tables until they broke,' he added.
'We have travelled a lot and we have various mementos from abroad and they broke those too. 'Sarah was terrified and was in tears. I got very hot under the collar and was shouting and swearing. I think I was the bravest of them all. They were scared of me; the police were scared of me too. Perhaps I was rather foolish, but I was protecting my home.'
It took police four hours to persuade all the intruders to leave Colehayes Park, a field studies centre on the edge of Dartmoor used by universities and schools. 'Every time we thought they had been shut out, they would find another way to get back in again,' said Brooks. 'I saw people trying to break our windows so they could climb back in.' Even when police ejected the intruders for the final time, the horde continued their rampage in the nearby town of Bovey Tracy.
'Our grounds are full of bottles and cartons. I haven't even looked in some rooms yet,' said Brooks yesterday. 'These people are probably quite decent usually, but they get some drink inside them. It is the devil drink.'
Sarah's party is only the latest to be gatecrashed by intruders out to cause devastation after details of the event are posted on the internet. David Worthy and his son, Stephen, had to be airlifted from their home with a broken nose and spinal injuries after details of his youngest son's 16th birthday party were posted on the internet last October.
"Online mob trashes birthday party"
Four bouncers and 20 police officers fail to stop 2,000 gatecrashers from wreaking havoc:
Bill Brooks thought he had planned for all contingencies when he organised a fancy dress disco for his stepdaughter's 18th birthday party.
He hired four bouncers to protect their Grade II listed Georgian mansion in Devon and limited the number of guests to 100. He even made sure there would be four other adults, including himself, present at all times to keep an eye on Friday night's festivities. But the 75-year-old Brooks had not counted on the party's details ending up on the internet, with an anonymous encouragement to strangers to gatecrash the event and cause as much damage as possible.
'We had no chance at all. There were thousands of people here and they have absolutely wrecked the place,' Brooks said yesterday as he and his family began clearing up the devastation. 'They smashed windows and mirrors, they were deliberately out to get us. One chap was even caught removing the door from the refrigerator.' By 7pm, all the invited guests had arrived in their fancy dress and were peacefully enjoying the party. An hour later, however, more than 2,000 drunken young people had turned up, overpowering not only the bouncers but the 20 police who came with their dogs soon afterwards, alerted by alarmed neighbours.
'I don't know where they all came from, quite a wide area I suspect,' Brooks said. 'They were all about 18 years old, like my stepdaughter, Sarah, but they were definitely not invited. You could tell because they weren't wearing fancy dress. We had hidden and locked away some valuables, but we did not know the lengths they would go to. They stole things and caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage.
'They even smashed an old family portrait photograph. We locked all the bedrooms, but they got into some of them. They smashed up the bar and jumped up and down on tables until they broke,' he added.
'We have travelled a lot and we have various mementos from abroad and they broke those too. 'Sarah was terrified and was in tears. I got very hot under the collar and was shouting and swearing. I think I was the bravest of them all. They were scared of me; the police were scared of me too. Perhaps I was rather foolish, but I was protecting my home.'
It took police four hours to persuade all the intruders to leave Colehayes Park, a field studies centre on the edge of Dartmoor used by universities and schools. 'Every time we thought they had been shut out, they would find another way to get back in again,' said Brooks. 'I saw people trying to break our windows so they could climb back in.' Even when police ejected the intruders for the final time, the horde continued their rampage in the nearby town of Bovey Tracy.
'Our grounds are full of bottles and cartons. I haven't even looked in some rooms yet,' said Brooks yesterday. 'These people are probably quite decent usually, but they get some drink inside them. It is the devil drink.'
Sarah's party is only the latest to be gatecrashed by intruders out to cause devastation after details of the event are posted on the internet. David Worthy and his son, Stephen, had to be airlifted from their home with a broken nose and spinal injuries after details of his youngest son's 16th birthday party were posted on the internet last October.
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