Police pelted with eggs and beer in Epsom protest over ‘gangrape allegations’ | News UK

Hundreds of people marched through Epsom despite police insisting they had found no evidence of a gang rape offence or that asylum seekers were involved so far.

Dozens of people, some riding motorbikes, shut down Epsom town centre in Surrey on Monday night.

Some started throwing eggs at a block of flats, believed by protesters to hold asylum seekers.

Shortly after riot police charged them down, pinning one man to the floor.

Eggs and a beer can were hurled at the police line as people shouted ‘You are going to start a riot’.

It came after detectives investigating an alleged rape of a woman outside of a church after she left a nightclub said there is no evidence the incident took place as reported or that any immigrants or asylum seekers were involved.

Surrey police said earlier this week a woman in her 20s reported being attacked by a group of men on her way home from Labyrinth night club in the early hours of Saturday outside Epsom Methodist Church.

They added the rape was believed to have taken place between 2am and 4am and left the victim ‘very shaken’.

But Surrey Police said in their latest statement: ‘We are aware that speculation and concern about the report we received remains, and we reiterate that our enquiries remain ongoing.

‘These enquiries have included reviewing an extensive amount of CCTV footage from the area, carrying out forensics investigations and conducting house-to-house enquiries. To date, we have not found any evidence that the offence took place as reported.’

The spokesman added on the protests: ‘As soon as we are made aware of any protests taking place in Surrey, we always try and engage with those organising this activity, along with our partners and the local community, to ensure everyone’s views can be heard.

‘While we respect the right to lawful protest and will always aim to balance the rights of all parties involved, criminal offences and public disorder will not be tolerated, and we will always take robust action against anyone who commits a criminal offence.’

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