Bristo Square: No one charged as police disperse large gathering in Edinburgh
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No one was charged as police attended the scene and the police have confirmed that they will only use enforcement as a last resort.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10.35pm on Saturday, 28 November, officers in Edinburgh received a report of a gathering at Bristo Square.
“Officers attended and the group subsequently dispersed.
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This comes after ‘over 100 people’ were dispersed just over two weeks ago from the same spot.
Police dealt with the similar incident on Saturday, November 14 around 9pm.
An eyewitness to this incident said: “The university security guard said this had become a regular occurrence and due to him being alone he couldn’t do anything.
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Hide Ad“Lots of young people smashing bottles, smoking weed and paying absolutely no attention to social distancing.
“There was also another security guard outside of Sainsbury’s trying to deal with a group. One of them was shouting within centimetres of his face.”
“Two parents came and dragged their daughter into a car also shouting at the police for allowing this to happen.”
The eyewitness continued saying that the pictures don’t show the full extent of the gathering, adding there was “over 100 people” there.
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