Eleven people have now been charged after a mass brawl led to a police officer’s tooth being knocked out at the Epsom Derby last June.
Bottle-throwing drunken racegoers clashed with riot police at the near the entertainment stage set up on a hill after the main event on Saturday, June 4.
From June 2016: Riot police called to bottle-throwing brawl between racegoers at Epsom Derby
Ten teenagers and one 20-year-old man have been charged since Surrey Police launched Operation Attic, an investigation into the disorder.
The following individuals will appear at Staines Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Friday, April 21):
- A 17-year-old boy from Croydon has been charged with one count of violent disorder, and one count of attempted GBH;
- A 17-year-old boy from Caterham has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
- Louie Jenner, 18, from Oxted was charged with one count of violent disorder and one count of attempted GBH;
- A 17-year-old boy from Epsom has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
- A 17-year-old boy from Epsom has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
- Louis Lynch, 19, of Burnhams Grove in Epsom has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
The following individuals are due to appear at Guildford Crown Court on Friday, May 5:
- A 16-year-old boy from Croydon has been charged with one count of violent disorder, one count of ABH and attempted GBH;
- Archie Butler, 20, of Kings Road in Westerham, Kent, has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
- A 16-year-old from Croydon has been charged with one count of violent disorder;
- Jack Gavigan, 18, of Macquarie Quay in Eastbourne has been charged with one count of violent disorder and one count of attempted GBH;
- A 17-year-old boy charged with one count of violent disorder pleaded guilty and is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates on 11 May 2017.
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