Teen Suffers Head Injury After 20 Person Brawl At Wetherspoon

A teenager has been left with a head injury following a huge fight over queue jumping outside a JD Wetherspoon pub in Swindon. You can see part of what happened here:

The 18-year-old was injured when a fight broke out over the fence of the Dockle Farmhouse beer garden, in Wiltshire, between about 20 men.

In footage taken at the incident, the fight appears to take place between some customers in the pub and some who are outside the fence of the premises. It spills out on to the road.

It's believed that the men all knew each other. In the video, people can be heard shouting, with one person saying that someone had 'split their head open', as the fight raged on.

Police arrived at the scene at about 7.20pm. Nobody was arrested but the man in question received treatment at the Great Western Hospital after suffering a head injury.

After the incident, the pub made the decision to close for the evening. However, it was confirmed to have reopened for business today.

As reported by Mirror Online, a spokesperson for the budget pub chain said that he was not the only person out of the crowd who received an injury following the incident.

Wetherspoon spokesperson Eddie Gershon said: "We condemn the actions of a small group of people who were involved in a fight at The Dockle Farmhouse and apologise to our customers who had to witness it.

"The pub was full to capacity (reduced as a result of Covid-19 measures).

"A group of males were walking along the pavement trying to work out how to get into the pub without queueing to get in.

"At some point they got involved in verbal abuse with another group of males who were sat in the beer garden who we believe were known to them.

"This exchange led to a fight breaking out between both groups. There were several injuries, however all left the pub before an ambulance could be called."

Local police appealed for information from the public following the fight.

A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: "We understand that there are a number of videos and photos of the incident circulating on social media.

"If you were involved and have not yet spoken to police, or if you witnessed the incident and have not yet reported it to police please call 101 and quote crime reference number 54200070419."

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Topics: UK News

Amelia Ward

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