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TV son's party hell as 300 run riot
 

A FORMER BBC sports pundit today spoke of his anguish after gatecrashers caused a riot at a party organised by his teenage son.

A small get-together was arranged by 16-year-old Martin Hewitt, son of the ex-host of Sportscene Gordon Hewitt, at the family's home in Bearsden, near Glasgow.

However, nearly 300 revellers turned up at the £600,000 Grange Road home on Saturday night.

It is thought that a notice about the party was posted on the internet.

Mr Hewitt and his wife Carol, a lecturer at Strathclyde University, went to a hotel while the party was on, hiring five bouncers from a private security firm to keep unwanted guests out of their home.

Shortly before midnight, however, police were called as a fight broke out outside the home.

The partygoers, many of whom, were thought to be drunk, vandalised three of the 16 police cars called to the scene.

Arrests were made and two people were injured.

Speaking today, Mr Hewitt said his son, a High School of Glasgow pupil, had been traumatised by the experience but had acted responsibly by ending the party as soon as trouble began.

He also praised the police for their efforts.

Mr Hewitt said: "My son had invited his schoolfriends round and they had the freedom to bring a friend, so we might have expected 50 to 100 people.

"My wife and I stayed in a hotel five minutes away just for the duration of the party.

"My son has had parties every year and there has never been a problem before but news of the party must have got out and when people could not get in the problem must have escalated outside."

Mr Hewitt said there was no significant damage in the home.

A police spokesman said officers dealt with a "large-scale disturbance" and five people were arrested.

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