Police respond to unlicensed music event near Corby

Officers were called to Deenethorpe airfield in the early hours of this morning.

Author: Vicky HainesPublished 23rd Feb 2025
Last updated 23rd Feb 2025

Northamptonshire Police have been at the scene of an unlicensed music event near Corby.

Officer were called to Deenethorpe Airfield shortly after 12.35am today, Sunday, February 23.

A road closure was put in place in the hopes of preventing any more prople accessing the event.

The high numbers of people already present in the small site meant it was not possible to clear the area safely.

There have been complaints from local residents that the load music was causing disruption until 5am.

A Force spokesperson said: “We appreciate the disturbance this event has caused to local communities and are working to shut it down, identify those responsible and to prosecute them.

“Several hundred people were already on the site when officers first arrived at around 1am.

“With the resources available to us at that point it was not possible to safely remove people during the hours of darkness, and we took measures to close the site off to anyone else arriving.”

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