STUDENTS as young as sixteen from Colchester were caught up in a violent riot in London during a 12 hour stand off with police over education cuts.
Condemned by police as one of the most violent protests in the past decade, the riots saw Prince Charles and the Duchess of Kent, Camilla Parker-Bowles’s car get attacked by 1,000 protesters.
Around 400 students from Essex University and colleges from Colchester, including teenagers, were caught up in the mayhem.
For more on this story see Monday's Gazette.
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