More than 200 youngsters kicked holes in walls, ripped off curtains, wrecked a toilet, forced doors, smashed cups and left blood on corridor walls during the mayhem in Little Paxton on Saturday, March 15.

There was also evidence of under age sexual activity and large volumes of alcohol being consumed, with broken glass from bottles being deposited all over the hall and its surroundings.

The venue had been booked out for the birthday party and it was expected to be a booze-free affair with a maximum of 120 guests.

But when a member of the management committee arrived at 10pm to check on its progress, two hours into the party, she was confronted by two police cars, four Police Community Support Officers and scenes of chaos.

Julie Bolton said: "It was just horrendous. They were absolutely plastered, being sick, some could not stand up. There were about 200-250 in the hall and another 50 outside in the park arguing with those at the party.

"I asked the PCSOs if they could back us up in closing it down, but they did not have the authority.

"They radioed for back-up and when the PCs came they closed it down.
"It then took an hour to move the kids out and three hours to clean it up."
The committee hired the hall out for £20 per hour, as well as taking a £100 cleaning deposit, an amount that Julie now expects to be substantially raised.

The committee still has not received the insurance money for a burglary last November that caused £10,000 worth of damage.

Twenty plastic bin liners full of empty lager cans, wine bottles and spirits were filled after the party, which had a number of older teenagers, but no adults.

Julie, who would have been alerted to the trouble by police earlier if she had not been at the cinema, added: "They are absolutely disgusting, a bunch of animals. The thing I find most annoying is that parents just dropped them off without checking if there were any responsible adults. And where did they get that amount of alcohol from? There were drinks in there I've never even heard of."

The police said that 19 officers in total attended the incident, having been first called at just after 10pm. One person was arrested for a public order offence and the crowds began to disperse at 11pm, although officers were called to various subsequent incidents involving groups of youths around the village.