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Sophie Halle-Richards & Amy Walker

"It got out of hand I only invited 20 people" - organiser of illegal marquee party with 200 guests speaks out after court bans anyone from entering her house

The organiser of an illegal marquee party in Gorton claims she only invited twenty people and that the gathering got "out of hand."

Hundreds of people attended the illegal lockdown party at a property on Harlow Drive on Saturday (15 August) night.

Officers were forced to call for backup after being pelted by missiles as they tried to shut the event down.

The owner of the property, Charlene Proham, 27, was slapped with a £100 fine, after police identified her as the organiser of the party.

Snapchat videos show illegal party in Gorton - police were pelted with missiles

Ms Proham appeared before a district judge at Manchester Magistrates Court on Tuesday (August 18) morning, dressed in a black top and jeans.

She was made subject to a closure order on her property, which bans anyone else from entering her house for at least three months.

Ms Proham was warned if she were to breach that order, she could be sent to prison.

Following the court hearing, we knocked on the house where the party was held, and spoke to Ms Proham about the event.

She told us she had only invited twenty of her friends to the gathering, and claimed to be annoyed when hundreds of people turned up.

"Over a hundred people showed up at the house, some that I didn't even know. My house is trashed and things got taken," Ms Proham said.

"Obviously I am sorry but it really was out of my hands, I never planned for that many people to show up.

"The police came and said we had an hour to close the party down. They said people were throwing missiles but they weren't.

"Police came back after an hour and by that point the party was all wrapped up."

During the hearing at Manchester Magistrates Court, an order was made on behalf of GMP that the premises be subjected to a closure order.

This means nobody except the occupant is allowed inside the property.

When asked if she had any issue with that, Ms Proham told the court: "I look after my mum who has dementia, she lives in Hulme."

District Judge Mark Hadfield said: "You can go and visit her, rather than making her come all that way to your home address in Gorton."

Ms Proham replied: "I suppose so, yeah."

Judge Hadfield agreed to the application, stating: "As a result of a gathering on August 15, serious nuisance was caused to members of the public including your neighbours, as well as serious disorder as there was an incident outside, adjacent to your property so I find there are grounds for making that order.

"I make the order against you.

"I have no reason to punish you at all and hope there will be no further problems of this nature, if you happen to breach this order, this will put yourself in a very serious position where you could be sent to prison for breaching the order."

Snapchat footage from the huge gazebo party in Harlow Drive, Gorton (Snapchat)

We asked Ms Proham what she made of the court order, to which she said: "It's difficult as now I can't have anyone in my house for three months but I'll just have to go and visit my family at their house.

"I don't think it's fair that I have been fined when you see parties like this happening all the time.

"But obviously it was my house and I do take responsibility for that."

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