Brawling travellers clambered on car roofs and urinated in an affluent London street after a funeral wake descended into drunken chaos.

Sixty mourners were involved in what one witness described as a 'huge fist fight', which required an estimated 100 police officers to control.

Residents in Shooter's Hill, south east London, told of their shock after seeing a 'mountain of police' trying to control the violence outside the Red Lion pub.

Three men were arrested following the brawl, one of whom attended a south London hospital where he was treated for a head injury.

Residents in Shooter's Hill, south east London, told of their shock after seeing a 'mountain of police' trying to control the violence outside the Red Lion pub

Witnesses say a large group of travellers involved in the fighting were attending a wake and had been swigging from beer cans in the street.

Maddie Mansfield, 19, said: 'It was very, very noisy. There was a huge fist fight involving loads of people, definitely 60-plus at one point.'

A neighbour, who asked not to be named and whose house and van were damaged during the violence, said: 'People were petrified. I have never seen anything like it.

'They were standing on the roof of my neighbour's car. He's had thousands of pounds worth of damage done.

'They were urinating in the street and doing number twos as well. I was hosing them down from my garden the next day.'

Amanda Barry, also of Shooters Hill, said her husband had earlier overheard travellers, who were sat outside the Red Lion pub on July 2, say they were celebrating a wake.

She said: 'It started to get quite noisy outside at about nine o'clock.

Witnesses say a large group of travellers involved in the fighting were attending a wake and had been swigging from beer cans in the street

'The neighbours and I came out to see what was going on and they were everywhere.'

Mrs Barry said nearby restaurant The Jasmine was forced to close early at around 6pm after a group of travellers became angry when they were refused use of the toilet.

The 37-year-old mum-of-four added: 'They began to urinate in the street outside the restaurant and glasses were being thrown into the restaurant garden.'

Amanda Barry, also of Shooters Hill, said her husband had earlier overheard travellers, who were sat outside the Red Lion pub (pictured) on July 2, say they were celebrating a wake

Mrs Barry said around 30 to 40 travellers' caravans arrived on the field opposite her house over the weekend but left on Monday morning after Greenwich Council intervened.

The caravans have since been photographed on Plumstead Common.

Simon McDonagh, 33, a Tottenham car salesman and David Ward, 38, unemployed from Enfield, have both been charged with affray and appeared in custody at court on July 4.