Footage from the scene showed a large crowd gathered in the streets around the Highfields area - where they were said to have drank and danced into the early hours of Sunday morning
An illegal Leicester street party with around 200 'ravers' was held just days before the regional lockdown extension in the city.The Highfields area is believed to be the epicentre of the regional spike - although there is no evidence the street party had a direct affect on the number of cases.
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