Police to investigate ‘disorder’ at Crooked House site
Staffordshire Police are investigating reports of disorder at the Crooked House on Saturday evening (September 9).
A man and woman were allegedly assaulted by a group of people around 8:30pm whilst in the area and tried to drive away after the incident.
The car was then involved in a collision with a pedestrian, who was taken to hospital for assessment and was not seriously injured.
The man and woman drove away from the area but later contacted Police to inform them what had happened.
After The Crooked House pub was sold by Marstons, burnt down in a suspected arson attack and then demolished, protestors have gathered outside to prevent further incidents with some camping at the site.
According to the BBC however, witnesses say tensions “boiled over at the weekend”.
Officers have been speaking to those involved to establish what happened and have appealed to the public to come forward with any information, particularly those who may have recorded it.
It comes less than a week after a man was arrested on September 7 on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
The 51-year-old man from Buckingham is the third to be arrested, after a 66-year-old man from Dudley and a 33-year-old man from Milton Keynes were questioned on August 24.
All have since been released on conditional police bail whilst Staffordshire Police continue to carry out a number of lines of enquiry
