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BTW the report is for the 2011 event.

This years is this weekend. I though it might have already happened but it would have been a bit odd not to see the crime reports.

seriously though things are really getting bad here when people get together in groups. I was dismayed to see how many stupid fights broke out at events my younger friends who run a local rig put on – they didn’t like it either but being younger didn’t want to let “bad news get them down” (in the end they lost their venue anyway because worse people did worse things at another event).

Incidentally “safe, friendly” Latitude still has outstanding rapes cases at Suffolk Constabulary now going cold (with a good chance the attacker gets away unless someone finds their conscience and informs on a friend) and there was one false allegation.

I was in ASDA the weekend after this years Latitude and two of the local youths from my estates were talking to another lad about it, I overheard them say “fights were breaking out, people were getting arrested all over the place and we left as we weren’t feeling comfortable” – and if kids from my estate do a runner from somewhere because of violence and arrests it really must have been getting on top.

what is really worrying is that folk are blaming pills for the trouble, and in this region we do not get completely shit pills, in fact they are often better than in other regions. However its not always true that pills make everyone loved up, even good ones can make folk sketchy and paranoid or if they are really aggressive can make them worse. Seen it happen, and not even in Essex, in Reading during so-called “better” times..

@p0ly 492048 wrote:

Attack on Oasis @ Toronto – YouTube

in canada even oasis get attacked on stage at v festival 😀

many centuries ago when the Protestants and Puritans had almost absolute political and economic power in this region, Britain was a powerful seafaring nation with a growing Empire. What do you think they did with all the criminals and other scum they did not want here, but whose crimes did not quite warrant the death penalty? 😉

BTW current update – 250+ medical casualties at the Staffordshire event. Casualty count from Chelmsford unknown, but knowing Virgin’s skills at spin I wonder if they are releasing the midlands numbers first to hide a greater incident count in Essex?

In Essex, the cops are dealing with a murder case at a private party just outside the festival grounds..

update on the Chelmsford murder at the nearby house party – 10 men remanded in custody (a very large amount!)

10 men remain in custody following murder at house party close to V Festival, Chelmsford | This is Essex

The victim is a local graphic designer – from what I have found out so far about the chap he was intelligent, articulate, talented and in good physical shape – unfortunately in this region especially in less controlled situations it can attract haters to the point things like this happen….

I think the sad facts are that music events are only begrudgingly tolerated in modern Britain. if you were to plot a map of socially deprived areas of the UK and where events get licensed you’d find the areas matched up about 80% of the time – those in power hate them so much they are usually balkanised into areas with either crime problems or not enough other businesses to fund the local economy. its got worse since my generation got into power because those who have been elected are the ones what studied whilst folk like me partied and they want their revenge now.

it is apparently “more up market” here in Suffolk and my town (Ipswich) is doing well in spite of the economic depression as is nearby Felixstowe and it is near impossible to get any kind of night time music event licensed especially one what can go on after midnight. Especially as the ports and normal seaside bring in more cash with less hassle.