‘The party was chilled until police sent in the riot squad’: when a Dorset free rave turned violent

The organisers of Eggtek in Lulworth and local police have two very different stories about how trouble started at the Easter event A couple of thousand ravers were given the secret location for one of the annual highlights of the free party scene – the Easter bank holiday weekend Eggtek event. The sun was shining and they arrived at a field on Ministry of Defence land in Lulworth, Dorset in a state of high excitement about a weekend of dancing to techno music playing from a variety of differ...

By Diane Taylor