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image captionGuests fled when officers arrived at the Stamford Hill school, where the windows had been covered
Police broke up a wedding party in north London, where they now say about 150 people had gathered.
Officers found the windows at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, in Stamford Hill, had been covered when they arrived at 21:15 GMT on Thursday.
Guests fled from the strictly Orthodox Charedi Jewish school when the police arrived. The organisers face a £10,000 fine for breaking lockdown rules.
The Met originally claimed that about 400 guests were at the gathering.
In a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out.
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By Press Association 2021
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Detectives are searching for the organisers of a wedding attended by about 150 people in a north London school.
The windows of the state-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls’ School in Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, had been covered and the gates closed to stop people seeing in when officers arrived on Thursday night.
A statement from the school, whose principal, Rabbi Avrahom Pinter, died in April after contracting coronavirus, said the hall had been leased to an outside organisation and “we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place”.
A spokesman said: “We are absolutely horrified about last night’s event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
By Press Association 2021
The Yesodey Hatorah Secondary Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London, where officers from the Metropolitan Police broke up a wedding attended by around 400 people
Jewish leaders have condemned a wedding attended by around 400 people at a north London school after it was broken up by police.
The windows of the state-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls’ School in Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, had been covered to stop people seeing in when officers arrived on Thursday night.
Around 400 people had gathered inside the building for a wedding in breach of Covid-19 regulations, the Metropolitan Police said.
Many of the guests fled as officers arrived at the Orthodox Jewish school but the force said the organiser is facing a £10,000 fine, while five others were handed £200 fixed-penalty notices.
Jewish leaders have condemned a wedding attended by around 400 people at a school after it was broken up by police. The windows of the state-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls’ School in Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, near Tottenham, had been covered to stop people seeing in when officers arrived on Thursday night. Around 400 people had gathered inside the building for a wedding in breach of Covid-19 regulations, the Metropolitan Police said. Many of the guests fled as officers arrived at the Orthodox Jewish school but the force said the organiser is facing a £10,000 fine, while five others were handed £200 fixed-penalty notices.