Flat wrecked in party mayhem
houseparThe aftermath of an out-of-control party in Christchurch. Photo / Kurt Bayerty_300x200.jpg
The 12-hour party was shut down by police in full riot gear shortly before midnight after the tenant finally called them in.
When the officers, wearing shields and helmets, arrived at the "large scale disorder" they had beer bottles hurled at them.
Two arrests were made and six on the spot fines were handed out.
Now, the young tenants have been left with an unenviable explaining job to their landlords, who are out of town.
The back-section Frankleigh St flat was yesterday barely habitable.
Every window had been smashed, graffiti scrawled over walls inside and outside the house, with large holes in the interior plasterboard.
A wooden picnic table was on the roof, and hundreds of empty and broken bottles and crushed cans were strewn about the yard. Pools of blood and blood trails led up the driveway.
Chockful rubbish bags were stacked in the garage from a half-hearted early morning mop-up operation at the front of their property which police officers forced on them.
Party co-host Hemi Carstairs blamed Facebook for spreading the party's message beyond his group of friends.
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Flat wrecked in party mayhem