Madeleine McCann latest news today: Reservoir search enters third day but no sign of evidence found - The Independent

Police investigating disappearance of Madeleine McCann ‘to search reservoir’

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The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann search, Christian Brueckner, is said to have visited the Portugal reservoir “some days” after her disappearance, a source close to the investigation has revealed.

It comes as divers searching for Madeleine prepare to enter the reservoir in the Algarve for the third day.

German detectives were informed by a “very credible source” who knew the suspect, The Telegraph reported.

The Barragem do Arade is around 31 miles from the Praia da Luz resort where Maddy disappeared. Investigators believe the 45-year-old killed Madeleine, then aged three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment.

On Tuesday, officers acting on “credible information” were said to be seeking any fragments of clothing and old rags that could be related to her disappearance, as reported by the Daily Mail.

The development comes just 10 days after Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, issued a tribute on their Leicestershire-born daughter’s 20th birthday, telling her: “We love you and we’re waiting for you. We’re never going to give up.”

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Key suspect Christian Brueckner visited reservoir ‘days after disappearance’

The prime suspect in the search, Christian Brueckner, is said to have visited the Algarve reservoir “some days” after Madeleine disappeared, a source close to the investigation revealed.

German detectives were informed by a “very credible source” who knew the suspect, The Telegraph reported.

The Barragem do Arade is around 31 miles from the Praia da Luz resort where Maddy disappeared.

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Madeleine McCann case: Timeline of the missing child’s disappearance

Kate and Gerry McCann’s eldest daughter vanished from a Portuguese holiday resort 16 years ago but the emergence of a new suspect has brought fresh hope of answers and closure:

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Watch live: Police scour reservoir for second day in Madeleine McCann search

Watch live as police search a reservoir in Portugal for a second day on Wednesday, 23 May, in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Portuguese authorities, assisted by German police, set up tents an area near the Barragem do Arade reservoir, around 50km (31 miles) from where the toddler went missing aged three in Praia da Luz in 2007.

Searches are being conducted at the request of German police in the presence of British officers.

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Madeleine McCann reservoir search: What do we know about Portugal’s Barragem do Arade?

Ms McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, was just three years old when she went missing from an apartment complex at the Ocean Club holiday resort of Praia da Luz in the municipality of Lagos on 3 May 2007.

Her case remains unsolved and is still the subject of intense public and press interest.

Her parents, doctors Gerry and Kate McCann, continue to campaign for her return and recently posted a poem remembering her on their Find Madeleine website, reminding readers that she is “still missing ... still very much missed”.

They added: “The police investigation continues, and we await a breakthrough. Thank you to everyone for your support – it really helps.”

Maroosha Muzaffar25 May 2023 08:00

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German prosecutor says they have strong ‘indications’ reservoir is important for investigation

Christian Wolters, the Braunschweig prosecutor, said the search of the reservoir was based on very strong “indications” that the site was important.

In an interview with German public service broadcaster NDR, he said: “We have indications that we could find evidence there. I don’t want to say what that is exactly, and I also don’t want to say where these indications came from.

“The only thing that I would clarify is that it doesn’t come from the suspect. So, we don’t have a confession or anything similar now, or an indication from the suspect of where it would make sense to search.

“It was other indications that prompted us to conduct the search.”

Maryam Zakir-Hussain25 May 2023 07:58

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Watch: Sniffer dogs search Portuguese reservoir as Madeleine McCann investigation continues

Sniffer dogs search Portuguese reservoir as Madeleine McCann investigation continues

Maroosha Muzaffar25 May 2023 07:30

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How much has the Madeleine McCann investigation cost?

Sixteen years after Madeleine McCann vanished from the Algarve holiday apartment where she was sleeping next to her infant twin siblings, police have launched a major new search for evidence.

After laying dormant for several years since David Cameron kickstarted an ultimately fruitless Metropolitan Police inquiry in 2011, the case of the missing three-year-old was revived once more in 2020 when German prosecutors revealed a new suspect.

But three years on, 43-year-old convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner – who denies any connection to the missing youngster – is yet to be charged, as he languishes in a German prison for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman two years prior to Madeleine’s disappearance at the same resort.

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Madeleine McCann police cut down trees as they search suspect’s ‘little paradise’ in Portugal

The dense vegetation meant they had to use tools including chainsaws to remove trees to access the water properly.

Maroosha Muzaffar25 May 2023 06:30

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Madeleine McCann: What we know so far as police search Algarve reservoir

Madeleine McCann: What we know so far as police search Algarve reservoir

Joe Middleton25 May 2023 06:00

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Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him

German prisoner Christian Brueckner was first named in connection with the unsolved mystery that summer, and officially named as a suspect last year. His yellow and white VW T3 Westfalia campervan was reportedly identified as having been near to the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal where the young girl went missing on May 3, 2007.

Three-year-old Madeleine disappeared from the bed of her holiday apartment while her parents and family friends dined 180 feet away. Her two-year-old twin siblings were also in the apartment she went missing from. Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann have been searching for answers ever since.

The Metropolitan Police took over the investigation, Operation Grange, in 2011 but they hit dead ends. There has not been another significant suspect in the case since 2007 until Brueckner.

Maroosha Muzaffar25 May 2023 05:30

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2023-05-25 07:30:42Z
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Teenager given criminal behaviour order after entering home for TikTok 'prank' - Evening Standard

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teenager has been issued with a criminal behaviour order and fined hundreds of pounds after entering a home as part of a TikTok “prank” video.

Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, 18, of Manor Road, Hackney, London, appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

O’Garro appeared in court wearing a black hoodie and a face mask.

He spoke only to confirm his name, age and address, and to admit to one count of failing to comply with a community protection notice.

Varinder Hayre, prosecuting, told the court that O’Garro was issued with a community protection notice on May 11 last year, and that two of its conditions were that he not trespass on to private property.

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Ms Hayre said that he then breached that notice by entering a home on May 15 this year.

“He went to the home address of the victim,” she said.

“The door of the property was open.

“Mr O’Garro walked into the property and immediately walked down the stairs.

“He was stopped by the home owner.

“He went into the living room. He sat down on the sofa and said ‘Is this where the study group is?'”

He has caused the family a lot of distress

Ms Hayre said: “He was asked to leave multiple times by both the victim and the husband.”

She added: “It was discovered that he had filmed the entire incident for a TikTok trend about walking into random houses.”

Ms Hayre said: “He has caused the family a lot of distress.

“The faces of the couple and their two young children can be seen.”

She told the court that the mother was under the impression that O’Garro was attempting burglary, and added that the mother takes her family’s privacy “very seriously”.

“This has caused the victim great concern,” Ms Hayre said.

Lee Sergent, in mitigation, said that O’Garro had apologised to the family.

He said that his client was raised by a single parent and had a difficult upbringing.

“Mr O’Garro grew up in a single parent household,” Mr Sergent said.

“He had an extremely difficult childhood.

“He is an intelligent young man and a young man with some potential.”

He said that his client was neither in work nor education, but was instead in receipt of Universal Credit.

Mr Sergent added that his client had made some legitimate social media content, including playing games and discussing conspiracy theories.

Judge Charlotte Crangle issued O’Garro with a two-year criminal behaviour order.

The order included that O’Garro must not directly or indirectly post videos on to social media without the documented consent of the people featured in the content, that he must not trespass into private property, and that he must not attend the Westfield Centre in Stratford.

She also ordered O’Garro to pay a fine of £200, as well as a victim surcharge of £80 and costs of £85 – totalling £365.

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2023-05-25 06:23:10Z
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Cardiff riots: Killed teenagers not chased, says police boss - BBC

By Jack Grey

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Two teenagers who died in an electric bike crash in Cardiff, sparking riots, were not being chased by officers when they crashed, a police boss has said.

Alun Michael, South Wales' police and crime commissioner, has insisted the "youths were not being chased".

Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, died in the crash on Snowden Road, Ely, shortly after 18:00 BST on Monday.

CCTV footage shows a police van following a bike about half a mile from the crash site just minutes earlier.

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"I was assured, and I am still assured, that the youths were not being chased by the police at the time of the road traffic accident," Mr Michael told Radio Wales Breakfast on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Mr Michael said: "It would appear that there were rumours, and those rumours became rife, of a police chase - which wasn't the case."

The deaths sparked a riot in Ely which saw cars set alight, fireworks thrown at police and 15 officers injured.

After the CCTV footage circulated, South Wales Police said it was "studying" the video and police vehicle tracking data, adding there were "no police vehicles on Snowden Road" at the time of the crash.

The CCTV footage, which has been analysed by BBC Verify, is time-stamped to 17:59 on Monday on Frank Road.

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Mr Michael has denied being misinformed when he previously claimed that no police chase had occurred.

"What happened was footage emerged of something that happened a short time before the road traffic accident, and that too needs to be investigated," he said.

"That was not available to the police or to me at the time when we responded to the first thing that happened, which was a road traffic accident."

Mr Michael claimed the CCTV footage was filmed five minutes before the crash occurred.

"There was no police vehicle in the road where the crash happened. There was a police van in another street and the police were called quickly to the accident and conducted CPR," he added.

"That is being investigated as well and the matter is being referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) so anything that comes in needs to be investigated fully so we have the full picture."

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Vicar at the Church of the Resurrection in Ely, Canon Jan Gould, said there was a lot of "anxiety" in the suburb on Tuesday night that the area would see a repeat of the disorder that occurred on Monday.

"It was a peaceful night and we just have to hope and pray that that carries on and this sense of calm is maintained," she said.

"We can't even begin to imagine the pain and the grief that [the family of Kyrees and Harvey] will be felling at the loss of those boys and our thoughts and our prayers are with them," Canon Gould said.

She added it was "absolutely 100% vital" communication between the police and the community was handled properly.

"This is a very difficult community for the police to work in, we have some people in our community here that are very antagonistic toward police… a police presence anywhere will wind them up.

"But we also have a very large part of our community that are very reassured by police presence, so the police are treading this very fine line between these two different groups trying to maintain order."

Following the crash about 100 to 150 people gathered in Ely and at about 20:00 the force tweeted that it was working to "de-escalate" disorder.

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The force said it had received a large number of calls from "understandably frightened" residents.

During the disorder, 15 officers were injured and 11 were taken to hospital, according the force.

Following the incident, First Minister Mark Drakeford - whose Cardiff West constituency includes Ely - said he was "very concerned" by the "upsetting reports".

Labour MP Kevin Brennan, who represents the Cardiff West constituency in the UK parliament, said on Tuesday it was "highly unfortunate" that the information initially provided by the police appears not to have been "entirely correct".

"It's important, if we're going to have trust and confidence between the community [and] the local police force… there has to be openness and clarity," added Mr Brennan.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesperson said what had happened was "appalling and completely unacceptable".

Police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), has said it is sending investigators to assess "whether the IOPC will carry out an independent investigation".

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Civil servants couldn't 'sit' on Boris Johnson documents, says Cabinet Minister - Evening Standard

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ivil servants would have come under fire if they had “sat” on documents which they passed to police about more alleged lockdown breaches by Boris Johnson, a Cabinet minister said on Wednesday.

But Justice Secretary Alex Chalk also stopped short of rejecting allegations of a Civil Service “stitch-up” against the ex-PM, as claimed by his allies.

Speaking on LBC Radio, said: “There is a Covid inquiry taking place.

“In the course of that, documentation has to be scrubbed or reviewed by lawyers to ensure it can be disclosed in the normal way.

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“The Civil Service considered that in accordance with their code and with no ministerial intervention, I want to make that absolutely clear, that was then passed to the police.

“From the Civil Service’s point of view if they had sat on it and suppressed it, people would have criticised them, if they passed it on that will raise questions as well.

“Ultimately, whether it was the right judgement to do it turns on what is in those documents and I’ve not seen those documents so it’s very difficult to make a judgement.

“So, I’m afraid this has just got to take its course in the normal way.”

Pressed earlier on GB NEws on whether he accepted that it was a stitch-up by the Civil Service, as claimed by Mr Johnson’s allies, he explained: “It’s not a question of not accepting it.

“It’s simply I can’t reach a view either way.

“What will have happened is the material will have been passed to the Civil Service.

“Once they have seen it, they can’t unsee it so they have got to make a decision in accordance with the Civil Service code, whether to sit on it, whether to suppress it, and no doubt someone would criticise them for that, or whether to pass it to police.

“But the decision about whether that was the right or the wrong thing will be determined by what was in it, what the documents said.

“We just have to play it’s course.”

Mr Johnson has been reported to the police by the Cabinet Office over fresh claims that he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic.

Information has been passed to two forces over alleged visits from the former prime minister’s friends to Chequers as well as potential breaches within Downing Street, The Times reported.

The Metropolitan Police said it was “currently assessing” details it had received relating to incidents between June 2020 and May 2021.

A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: “Some abbreviated entries in Mr Johnson’s official diary were queried by Cabinet Office during preparation for the Covid inquiry.

“Following an examination of the entries, Mr Johnson’s lawyers wrote to the Cabinet Office and Privileges Committee explaining that the events were lawful and were not breaches of any Covid regulations.”

It was also suggested the move was “politically motivated” and the former prime minister had been given no notice of the report.

The Cabinet Office said: “Information came to light during the process of preparing evidence for submission to the Covid inquiry.

“It was identified as part of the normal disclosure review of potentially relevant documents being undertaken by the legal team for inquiry witnesses.

“In line with obligations in the Civil Service Code, this material has been passed to the relevant authorities and it is now a matter for them.”

The Metropolitan Police said: “We are in receipt of information from the Cabinet Office passed to us on May 19 2023, which we are currently assessing. It relates to potential breaches of the health protection regulations between June 2020 and May 2021 at Downing Street.”

In a statement given to The Times, Thames Valley Police also confirmed they were looking into a report of potential breaches of the rules at Chequers.

They told the paper: “On Thursday we received a report of potential breaches of the health protection regulations between June 2020 and May 2021 at Chequers, Buckinghamshire. We are currently assessing this information.”

It comes as the Commons privileges committee investigates whether Mr Johnson misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking at No10.

The committee is due to report next month. If it recommends suspending the prime minister for more than 10 days he could face a by-election for his west London seat.

Labour called for taxpayer-funded legal support for Mr Johnson’s participation in the partygate inquiry to come to an end and said he had “serious questions to answer".

“I just believe it's wrong that the taxpayer is continuing to fund Boris Johnson's legal defence here. Rishi Sunak should bring that to an end," shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said.

The Government's bill for Mr Johnson's legal fees in the committee’s investigation is an estimated £222,000.

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Two boys killed in Cardiff crash which was followed by riot are named - Sky News

Two teenagers who were killed in a crash in Cardiff which was followed by a riot have been named by a close relative of one of the boys.

Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and 15-year-old Harvey Evans, were riding an electric bike when they were involved in a collision on Monday night.

Disorder broke out after the crash on Snowden Road in the Ely area of the city, with fireworks and other missiles thrown at a line of police officers with riot shields who were blocking one end of the street.

A helicopter hovered overhead during the riot as at least two cars were set alight.

Harvey's godmother Jenny Sampson, who confirmed the identities of the two boys to Sky News, said the disorder broke out because police wouldn't let their parents get close to the crash scene.

She said: "Basically we were all at the scene, the police were just having none of it, they wouldn't let the mums, the dads come up and see their own kids laying on the floor.

"They wouldn't let [the parents] do nothing, it was disgusting how they treated them, and they made them walk home and give them the news in the house, didn't give them any sort of news at the scene, we were there for hours waiting and waiting and they still wouldn't let them through to see if their son was OK."

Image: The aftermath of the crash in Cardiff

Asked what caused the rioting, Ms Sampson said: "The police, how bad the police treated everybody, you can't treat families like that... With two young kids laying on the floor, and their own family couldn't even get to them, they couldn't even see their own son's last breaths, it's wrong and it's disgusting."

She added: "They were telling everybody to go away and you can't do that... We were all standing there for about two to three hours before anyone had any information.

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"It was really, really bad."

Ms Sampson said she is still unclear what caused the crash but described Harvey as an "amazing and bubbly guy" who was "always happy, always on the go".

"He liked bikes, he liked scooters... Both of them, that was just their life of liking stuff like that."

South Wales Police said it was investigating the "serious road traffic collision and scenes of violent disorder" which broke out in the residential area.

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One person was attacked because rioters thought they were an undercover officer, according to a senior officer at the scene.

Police, including mounted officers on horseback, were seen outside Ely police station in the early hours of Tuesday after suggestions it could be targeted.

Shortly before 3am, rioters moved down Highmead Road in Ely, followed by police officers trying to disperse them.

The rioters continued to throw missiles and set cars alight.

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Sky's Dan Whitehead reports from the area

Rubbish and wheelie bins were set alight by rioters as they were moved through the streets by armoured police.

Jane Palmer, owner of a burnt out Ford Focus on Highmead Road, said she and her family had watched from their window as rioters set fire to her car.

Ms Palmer said: "I'm disabled, so now I'm trapped without my car.

"Why are they doing this? It's just silly now."

The family had tried to stop the fire using water from their garden hose.

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Shocked residents on Cardiff riot

Connor, who also lives in Highmead Road, said: "It has been a mad night.

"This is not the norm around here but people are pretty anti-police and that's reflected on both sides, not that that's my opinion.

"Although we've been afflicted by this riot, I still understand it. When people have enough, this is what happens."

Canon Jan Gould, the vicar at a local church in Ely told Sky News that the loss of the two young boys is "awful".

"It's a tragedy, you can't imagine what those families are feeling today," she said.

"Just to lose young people in that way is awful."

Canon Gould has lived in the area for 17 years and said scenes of riots in the hours after the collision were "absolutely shocking".

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Assistant Chief Constable Mark Travis said: "We received a large number of calls from residents who were understandably frightened by the actions of this large group who were intent on causing crime and disorder.

"The level of violence towards emergency services and the damage to property and vehicles was totally unacceptable.

"Our focus now is to fully investigate the circumstances of the collision and the appalling scenes that followed.

"Arrests have already been made in connection with the disorder and more will follow. We shall be maintaining an enhanced police presence throughout the week and into the weekend."

Image: Police in riot gear at the scene of the disorder

Canon Jan Gould, the vicar at a local church in Ely told Sky News that the loss of the two young boys is "awful".

"It's a tragedy, you can't imagine what those families are feeling today," she said.

"Just to lose young people in that way is awful."

Canon Gould has lived in the area for 17 years and said scenes of riots in the hours after the collision were "absolutely shocking".

Meanwhile, Cardiff Council's leader called for calm after the disorder and said it is "really important" a full investigation into the crash can take place.

Councillor Huw Thomas said: "For that to happen we need calm. Any continuation of last night's trouble will only hamper any investigation.

"It's important we all come together, and work together now, to find out exactly what happened. I urge everyone to do all they can to calm the situation."

At 8.21pm, South Wales Police said it had a "large number of officers working to manage the collision, but also to de-escalate ongoing disorder at the scene".

At 1.10am, they said a "large police presence" remained in the area, confirming that vehicles had been set on fire and people had been arrested.

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2023-05-23 14:03:45Z
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Ely: Two teenagers dead amid Cardiff crash disorder - BBC

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Two people are understood to have died in an incident which led to widespread disorder near the scene of a crash in Cardiff.

South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael told BBC Radio Wales he understood the two who had died were teenagers.

Cars were set alight and objects thrown at police near the scene of the crash in Ely.

The events that led to the disorder remain unclear.

Riot police with dogs joined emergency services on Snowden Road on Monday evening after 100-150 people gathered.

Some of those gathered wore balaclavas while others were seen breaking up paving slabs to hurl at officers.

Videos on social media also showed fireworks being thrown at police.

Police said arrests had been made but did not give a figure.

South Wales Police said that, shortly after 18:00 BST, officers responded to a report of a "serious road traffic collision" on Snowden Road.

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Following speculation on social media that police had been involved in the original incident, the force said the crash "had already occurred when officers arrived".

Two police cars were damaged in the disorder, with pictures showing one with its windscreen broken and its wing mirrors hanging off.

A member of the public was also attacked because some of those gathered thought they were an undercover police officer, according to one of the senior officers at the scene.

At least two parked cars were set alight, one of them after being tipped onto its roof.

On Tuesday morning, paving stones and pipes could be seen strewn across the street.

Other parked cars had had windows smashed, while a child's car seat lay in ruins on the road.

Snowden Road has been closed between Wilson Road and Jackson Road and drivers have been asked to avoid the area.

John Urquhart, who lives in Ely, witnessed the incident escalate from the start of the evening.

He said the vast majority of people were in the street because they "wanted to know what would happen next", and added that there was "a very small number of people actually doing any sort of violence."

Mr Urquhart said he was very "counter-violence" and offered first aid to people during the evening.

In a tweet at 01:10 BST, police said they were "continuing to monitor and respond" to the situation and that a "large police presence remains in the area".

As the disorder continued into the early hours of the morning, those gathered moved down nearby Highmead Road as police attempted to disperse them.

Police, including officers on horseback, were seen outside Ely police station amid suggestions that it could be targeted.

The National Police Air Service also said it had assisted with the incident.

'Crossed a line'

Jane Palmer said she and her family watched from a window as people outside set fire to her car.

"I'm disabled so now I'm trapped without my car," she said.

"Why are they doing this? It's just silly now."

Another resident, who did not want to be named, said those behind the violence were "kids", and that it had "crossed a line" and "needs to stop".

In an earlier post, police urged "anyone involved [in the disorder] to leave the scene immediately" and asked local residents to "stay away while the matter is brought to a safe conclusion".

"We need to ensure that this evening's collision is effectively investigated," they said.

They also asked local residents to remain indoors.

Cardiff Bus said earlier that a service it runs through the area had been re-routed and would remain so for the rest of the evening.

Related Topics

• Wales
• Cardiff
• Ely
• South Wales Police

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