Two men from Aylesbury have been fined after they were caught attending an illegal rave in Wales. Luke Horwood, 18, and Dean Horwood, 37, were collectively fined £1,064 after they were seen at a four-day unlicensed music event, which took place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend last year. The event, which had four stages, was held in the village of Banwen in South Wales, and attracted between 3,000 and 4,000 people. At a special court hearing at Swansea Magistrates on Monday, January 11, Luke Horwood and Dean Horwood were two of 10 defendants who pleaded guilty to gathering outdoors with more than 30 people. Gathering in large groups violates the Welsh Government’s legislation on coronavirus.
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image captionTen people who attended the rave on August Bank Holiday weekend have been fined in court
Ten people have been fined for attending a rave which attracted more than 4,000 visitors last summer.
The 10 defendants admitted to gathering outdoors with more than 30 people at the rave in Banwen, Neath Port Talbot.
Ten others did not attend their hearings and another man changed his plea to not guilty, with these cases being heard at a later date.
The 10 defendants were fined between £319 and £1,240 each by Swansea Magistrates.
The unlicensed event in the Dulais Valley, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons, started just days after tougher penalties came into force for people who organised and attended illegal events while coronavirus restrictions were in force.