A man from Witney is due to appear in court following a mass gathering at a warehouse in South Gloucestershire last year.

Hundreds of people attended the Halloween event in Yate on Saturday 31 October, which was a breach of the Covid-19 restrictions in force at the time.

Avond and Somerset Police say they prevented between 200 and 300 more people reaching the site.

Two people received £10,000 fines in the days after the event for their part in organising it and a further 13 people have been retrospectively fined £200 for attending a large gathering.

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Ashley Waker, 26, from Witney, Oxfordshire, faces charges of obstructing police and failure to leave the land when requested.

He - and four others - will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court on Tuesday 9 February.

Jerin Nixon, 23, from Newent in Gloucestershire, faces charges of assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage and failure to leave the land when requested. He is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court today (Thursday 4 February).

George Parsons, 18, from Ugborough in Devon, faces one charge of failure to leave the land when requested.

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George Packham, 28, from Ripley in Derbyshire, faces charges of obstructing police and failure to leave the land when requested.

Oliver Eavis, 24, from Bristol, faces charges of obstructing police and failure to leave the land when requested.

Josh Samson, 18, from Frampton Cotterell in South Gloucestershire, faces charges of obstructing police and failure to leave the land when requested.

Police are still appealing for help in identifying a number of attendees at the unlicensed music event.

Anyone who has information is asked to call 101 and provide the call handler with the reference 5220247128.

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