Donington residents weren’t raving about police after an all-night Christmas rave kept many villagers awake.
The event was held without permission and around 100 people were said to have broken into an empty High Street building in the early hours of Saturday, December 21.
Nearby residents reported their walls were shaking due to the volume of the music and Lincolnshire Police attended at 2.10am.
However, nothing was done until police attended for a second time shortly after 7.30am.
The following day police posted on social media that there had been no arrests after what it called ‘reports of loud music’.
The event was held at the former Magnum Fabrications building next to Donington Fire Station.
Vicki Chambers, whose family owns the property, said that ‘thousands of pounds’ of damage had been caused.
“It’s absolutely devastating,” she said. “Apparently the first time the police came they didn’t want to climb the fence and then left.
“Apparently, there also wasn’t enough support.”
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said officers were ‘minimising any risk’.
“We’re aware of the concerns of some of the local community and aware that the noise disturbed people at the time,” a police spokesman said. “In responding to the incident, we were careful to minimise any risk to anyone including the local community, those in the building and our officers.”
“We revisited the premises shortly after 7.30am and ensured people were leaving and dispersing from the area.
“A number of drug tests were completed.
“No arrests were made and a crime of criminal damage has been recorded.”
South Holland District Council member Henry Bingham said: ” It was disappointing the police could not deal with the incident sooner so residents didn’t have their lives impacted, by what can only be described as a bunch of selfish idiots from out of the area breaking in and damaging private property.
“The owners of the property now have to pay to clean up and repair damage done by these individuals who showed no remorse or care to the impact they had on the owner or the community.
“When the police attended in the morning they did deal with the people but it is disappointing how no one was arrested.
“Criminal damage is criminal damage and it shouldn’t be for the owners to pay for criminal behaviour.”
