Man stabbed and police officer assaulted during ‘disturbance’ that led to S34 Dispersal order

A Section 34 dispersal order was put in place after an incident which resulted in a police car being damaged and officer assaulted while a ‘large crowd’ gathered on the Ryelands estate.

The dispersal order is in place until 21:22 on Sunday evening, and Lancaster Police have issued a statement on what led to this measure.

Man hospitalised with stab wounds

A spokesperson for Lancaster Police said: “At around 1pm yesterday, we received a report that a man in his 30s had attended hospital with stab injuries, thought to have been sustained in an assault near to the Ryelands estate.

An investigation is ongoing, and as part of that investigation we visited the Ryelands estate to conduct searches yesterday evening.

Police car damaged

Whilst we were in attendance, a police car was damaged by a member of the public. As a result of that, a 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

Shortly after, a large crowd gathered, where there was a disturbance in the area. This resulted in the S34 dispersal order being put in place until 9:22pm on Sunday 16th August.”

S34 Dispersal Order issued

A S34 dispersal order means officers have the power to disperse anyone for the purpose of or reducing the likelihood of members of the public in the locality being harassed, alarmed, or distressed or the occurrence of crime and disorder.

During the disturbance, a 32-year-old man from Lancaster was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. He remains in custody.

An investigation is underway, and our officers are carrying out a number of necessary enquiries in the area. If you have any concerns or information, please don’t hesitate to approach them. Please avoid speculating online or otherwise, and allow our officers to conduct their duties.

If you have information or footage that could assist our enquiries, please call 101 quoting log 0705 of 14th August.