Violence at party spills out out on Gordon Road.

Ryan and Avtar Singh watching as Police took over at crime scene.

Residents near the corner of Kingston Road and Gordon Road were woken by screaming and shouting and the sound of broken glass smashing, after a dinner party erupted in violence on Saturday 17th May 2014.

Earlier Wilson Chowdhry your Green Party candidate received calls from concerned local residents at around 11:30pm, who were dismayed by loud noise emanating from the house. Ryan Duggan and Avtar Singh both residents of Kingston Road, asked Wilson for advice on what to do. 

Wilson suggested calling the Redbridge ASB Team in the first instance and the local Police to complain about the noise. The two young men arrived at Wilson's home around 11:45pm to obtained the correct telephone numbers and proceeded back to their home. They were in the process of making the calls when suddenly a mother with one child (around 12years) ran screaming from the house, two teenage girls ran out later and a man was seen getting into a car and driving of in a hurry.  

Avtar and Ryan also saw a man collapsed in the middle of the street and covered in blood, with extensive facial injuries. The two young men called Wilson for further assistance.  Wilson told them to call the Police and London Ambulance service using 999 immediately, and he ran out of his house to the incident area. 

Wilson arrived at the scene within seconds and immediately checked the victims vital signs asking Avtar and Ryan, to prevent cars from endangering the victim in the road.  The man was deemed unconscious and Wilson with the help of Ryan started to put the victim into the recovery position. 

As they moved him the male victim started to come around and Wilson asked him if he could get up.  Ryan and Wilson assisted the victim  in rising and helped him move to a safe location, at the side of the road, where he was left in a seated position. Avtar Singh kept the road safe until the victim had moved to safety.   

The police arrived 20 minutes later and took over at the scene.  Wilson to let his wife Juliet know he would be returning to help.

Ryan Duggan said;

"The Police arrived and only had two officers.  This seemed wholly inadequate to me, considering the amount of blood and victims.  They hesitated going into the house due to their few numbers and waited for  a further response team.  In the end PC Julia Wade entered the property with her baton drawn after taking a key form the male victim.  I was afraid for her safety, even though the other male officer was outside ready to help as he was on the radio."

Avtar Singh said;

"I could not believe what was happening on the corner of our street, the amount of blood and noise at the scene was very disturbing." 

When he arrived back Wilson was shocked to see that the victim was standing and not left in a seated position.  The ambulance had not arrived despite 40 minutes since the original emergency call and Wilson offered to drive the victims to Queens hospital.  The police stated that it would be dangerous for Wilson or the Police to convey the victims, as the nature of the injuries, meant there was a possibility they could go into shock or something much worse.  Wilson advised them that he was a First Aid Trainer but agreed to wait for the ambulance.

In the meanwhile 18 year old hero Avtar Singh who made the initial call to Wilson and the Police, was looking after a dog that belonged to the victim.  Police were concerned that the dog would dislodge or contaminate evidence.  Ryan could be seen holding a female victim covered in blood, wearing a police disposable protective glove, preventing her re-entering the house.

Hero Avtar Singh with the female victims dog.

Three Police vehicles arrived at the scene in total and closed access to the section of the road before the property, this area was also cordoned off by Police tape.  After an hour and a half a Police van arrived and carted off a further woman from inside the property, who had been accused of assaulting the injured female victim.

Wilson asked the male victim if he would like a seat.  Despite his injuries the male continued to stand.  In the end Wilson asked Ryan to bring a chair form his home and sat the male victim down.  Wilson felt this important as the male was still bleeding in obvious pain and still could not recollect in full the details of the incident.

After two hours and 16 minutes had lapsed since the initial call, Wilson again sought permission to convey the victims to Queens hospital.  The Police told him they would take the victims after the crime scene forensic team had completed their investigation. Wilson argued that the head injuries meant that the victims were required to have an immediate medical examination.  The police took details of Wilson's vehicle, identification and address and allowed him to take the victims to Queens hospital.  Wilson then invited Ryan along to drive with him and ensure the victims stayed concious throughout the journey.

On arrival at the hospital Wilson and Ryan ensured the victims were comfortable, assisted then in completing the forms provided by Queens Emergency team and ensured they had travel fare to return home later.

Wilson Chowdhry said;

"It seems quite diabolical that any victim with such serious injuries would have to wait more than 2.5 hours for an ambulance.  The government stipulated turn around time is close to 8 minutes and our NHS often provides data that would suggest they are compliant in most cases. Yet during my conversation with the Police at this incident, they highlighted that at weekends this lengthy delay is common place and not unusual."

He added;

"Something must be done to correct this lack of resource, especially considering that during my drive to Queens, I met every single red light on the way to the hospital. This meant my overall journey time was in excess of 25 minutes.  Moreover, when we arrived at the hospital the A&E ward was already full to the rafters, two patients got up from their seats so that the victims could be seated. However, there were even more patients waiting outside the A&E.  The removal of A&E from King George Hospital will increase burden at Queens even further and will no doubt, result in many deaths, I am certain of this."