Police charge six teenage suspects including girls aged 13 and 14 over attacks on officers in mass machete brawl at cinema
- Six teenagers were charged following a mass brawl on November 23 last year
- A young gang arrived with machetes at Star City cinema complex in Birmingham
- Seven police officers were left with minor injuries after descending on the scene
- Boy and girl, 14, admitted a public order offence and assaulting PC respectively
Six teenagers have been charged after police officers were attacked at a mass machete brawl outside a cinema complex.
Pockets of fighting broke out in a 100-strong crowd at Star City cinema in Birmingham after a ‘group of people’ arrived with machetes in November last year.
Seven police officers were left with minor injuries after descending on the scene with guard dogs.
Seven police officers were left with minor injuries after descending on the scene. Six teenagers have now been charged by West Midlands police investigating the incident
The crowd pictured outside the cinema, where a brawl broke out ‘in pockets’. One witness previously described a ‘young boy crying on the floor with his mother’ as the fight erupted
Akeeb Ali, 19, from Bordesley Green, is accused of assaulting an officer and will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on April 1.
A 15-year-old accused of attempted wounding and possession of an offensive weapon will also appear at court on 31 March, and another 15-year-old accused of assaulting two officers will appear at court on 29 April.
A 13-year-old girl, accused of assaulting three officers and a racially aggravated public order offence, will stand trial on 9 April.
Two of the six teenagers have been given four month referral orders. A girl, 14, admitted to assaulting an officer and a boy, also 14, admitted to a public order offence.
Families and young children were at the cinema to see Frozen 2.
Pictures which previously emerged from the scene showed police cars blocking access to the area as a policeman was seen standing besides a guard dog.
Shocking footage captured young females appearing to push each other as officers tried to get control of the situation.
Flashing blue lights were also seen as a group of at least eight officers stood on the pavement in front of a large crowd.
A number of police officers rushed to the area after being called at 5.30pm on November 23 last year. There were reports of a ‘group of people’ arriving with machetes at the cinema
A group of at least eight police officers were pictured standing on the roadside at the cinema complex after police cars blocked off access to the venue
Police rushed to the scene with guard dogs where they found a crowd of 100 people with fighting starting ‘in pockets’. Families and children were at the cinema to see Frozen 2
One witness described a ‘young boy crying on the floor with his mother’ as a number of young people started fighting.
Rachael Allison previously said: ‘The police told everyone to leave the cinema as they held Taser guns in their hands and started to bring in guard dogs.
‘I spoke to a policeman who told me it is unclear whether the kids had weapons and also stated when kids fight they bring their group of friends.’
Another witness described it as ‘one of the scariest moments of her life’, as she queued to watch the new Frozen film with her daughter.
Following the incident in November, Choleigh McGuire said: ‘Armed police come, Tasers come, all of the people that were fighting ran off into the cinema, hiding. I am shaking.’
West Midlands Police said: ‘Six teenagers have been charged by police investigating disorder at Star City in Birmingham last November.
‘Seven officers were left with minor injuries as trouble flared at the Vue cinema and spilled out into the complex on 23 November.’