By Press Association 2021
Damage to All Saints East Horndon
Police have fined a man £10,000 after he admitted being an organiser of an unlicensed music event at a 500-year-old church.
All Saints Church in East Horndon in Essex was trashed by hundreds of revellers at the New Year’s Eve event.
Essex Police said that a 32-year-old man from Wickford was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday on suspicion of burglary.
The force said he was interviewed and admitted being an organiser of the unlicensed music event at the disused church.
Equipment that was seized when officers stopped the party at All Saints (Essex Police/PA)
Members of a conservation group supporting a 500-year-old church that was trashed during an illegal rave on New Year’s Eve say they have been “blown away” after receiving more than £22,000 in donations to help with repairs.
Hundreds of party-goers attended the event at Grade II listed All Saints Church in East Horndon, Essex, and three people were arrested.
Essex Police said organisers set up DJ decks, a bar, and even hired portable toilets for revellers.
All Saints in East Horndon (Friends of All Saints East Horndon/PA)
Volunteers said the ravers smashed a window, wired sound equipment into the church’s fuse box and churned up the ground outside with vans, causing around £1,000 of damage.
POLICE in Essex have launched a search to find the reckless organiser of a New Year s Eve party after hundreds of partygoers destroyed a Grade II-listed church.