Power tools banned from car boot sales after five injured in mass brawl

Power tools have been banned from being sold at car boot sales in west London after a mass brawl over the appliances left five people injured.

A large fight broke out at the event in Staines Road, Hounslow, on February 28, in which one man was reportedly stabbed and another sustained a broken leg.

Police said the brawl had been sparked by a row over power tools, prompting the organiser of the car boot sale to agree to stop the sale of them at further events.

Inspector Jonathan Shard, from Hounslow police, told GetWestLondon the tools were “no longer accepted for sale as they were the driver for the attendance of the groups involved in the fight”.

He added: “The manager of the car boot sales have agreed a ban, which is advertised at the entrance to the site.”

It is not believed power tools were used as weapons during the fight, but extra police have been drafted in for future events at the site.

Two men – one aged 17 years old – have been charged in connection with the fight and will appear at Feltham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.