Radio 1 sends gatecrashers to party

A mother described her terror as hundreds of drunken gatecrashers swarmed into her daughter's 18th birthday party after details of the event were broadcast on Radio 1.

Rebecca Brooks said car loads of revellers from miles around drove up their mile- long drive, stormed into their Georgian house and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Four bouncers hired by the family were unable to handle the boozy throng, and when the police were called they cleared the house with dogs, but were pelted with glass. The fancy dress disco party at Colehayes Park at Bovey Tracey, on the edge of Dartmoor, was held on Friday night to celebrate Rebecca Brooks' daughter Sarah's 18th birthday. There were 100 invited guests, but someone called a Radio 1 slot on which people can tell the audience what they were doing that night.

Soon after the party began, gatecrashers began to arrive. Mrs Brooks said: "The droves of people coming towards the house was frightening, it looked like we had a rock festival here." Mrs Brooks said they left "a complete mess, with broken glass everywhere and pictures off the wall". Police said a number of people were arrested.

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