Party's over in Portsmouth

A HOUSE-PARTY got out of hand in Portsmouth on Friday as the details were posted online without the host knowing. 

Emma Roper, a student from Portsmouth, was hosting the party to honour her 20th birthday. However, unknown to her a friend of a friend had posted the details on social networking site Facebook. What should have been a small party of around 20 people escalated to a party of 100+ party-goers. 

Miss Roper, a business student, said: ''I can't believe it happened to me, you hear about things like this all the time but you never think it'll happen to you and now it has. If I ever get up enough courage to throw another party i'll definitely be more careful with who I invite next time. This has ended up costing me a fortune and my landlord is not happy. ''

The party began at 9.30pm and got out of hand at around 1.00am, at which time the police were called. Melissa Jones, 19, was at the party, she said: ''It got quite scary at some points, a few fights broke out and you could just see the house getting wrecked, their were people being sick and passed out and I think it was good that the police turned up when they did as I could tell that Emma and her housemates were struggling to keep it under control.''