Covid-19: Partygoers flee as police raid silent disco

A total of £15,200 in Covid fines were handed out after police broke up a silent disco and house party.

Officers raided the disco in a "cramped flat" in Carlton Square, Carlton, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of Sunday.

The organiser was fined £800 after revellers fled the scene.

That evening, officers were also called to a flat in Sneinton, Nottingham, and 18 partygoers found hiding inside were each fined £800.

When officers arrived at the silent disco at about 03:40 GMT, they said about 20 people "stormed past them and made their way out".

The host was fined and a 33-year-old woman stopped in a vehicle outside was arrested and charged with failing to provide a breath sample.

Insp Chris Pearson said: "Despite the efforts of this being a 'silent' disco, officers still discovered and broke up this party."

The party in Newark Crescent, Sneinton, was discovered at about 23:40 GMT after police were called to reports of shouting and taxis coming and going outside the property.

Fines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people were introduced in England a few weeks ago.

Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.