Teenager 'threw beer can at police after Facebook party'

A large number of police were called after the event, held at a house in Chapel Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, got out of control on July 18 last year.

Jeremy Wright, prosecuting, told Winchester Crown Court that friends Jordan Wright, 17, and Seva Nurueva, 15, had organised the party and asked permission from their parents.

They had even handed out flyers to neighbours informing them of the event and stating that the music would be turned down from 1am.

But Jordan had promoted the event on Facebook, on which he had about 500 friends, leading to about 200 people turning up.

Mr Wright said that fighting broke out on the street and police officers formed a cordon to quell the violence and to calm the teenagers down.

But he said Ashley Pemberton, of Fairfax Road, Farnborough, was caught on video filmed by a police helicopter throwing a beer can at officers.

The 19-year-old denies a charge of affray and a second count of using a can of beer as an offensive weapon.

Mr Wright described how the party started out orderly but as about 200 people descended on the house, Jordan's mother, Sherry Wright, had difficulty coping with the influx and fighting started to break out in the street.

He said: "The police were called and it was realised things really were getting out of hand.

"The police tried to shepherd people away but they were dealing, unfortunately, with a lot of drunken teenagers.

"The drunken teenagers became very excited and very aerated, they were really behaving very badly in their excitable and drunken state.

"They didn't really want to go and they were giving trouble all around, they were unfortunately giving trouble to the police who were trying to break things up."

Pemberton denies that he threw the can of beer.

The trial continues.