By Victoria Stone-Meadows
An out-of-control party had to be broken up by police on the weekend when the attendance at the event unexpectedly exploded.
Police were called to the address of the house-party on Inga Court in Berwick about 11pm on Friday 27 January after neighbours made complaints.
The complaints included young people fighting in the street, jumping into cars, and numbers at the party reaching 300 people.
The host claimed only 150 people were invited via Facebook, but the word about the party had been spread through different friend groups.
When police arrived on scene, they confirmed attendance at the party was between 150 and 200 people.
One of the party-goers threw a bottle at the police, but the projectile failed to reach its mark, falling metres short of the officers.
It took police officers from eight different units, including the K9 unit, about an hour to disperse the crowd and no charges have been bought forward at this stage.
