Customers leapt over a KFC restaurant counter to steal fried chicken amid chaotic scenes after this weekend's Wireless Festival.

Police were called to the fast food chain in Finsbury Park after staff refused to serve a disorderly crowd of punters.

Disorder broke out after people tried to jump the queue at the packed eatery as the festival drew to a close on Sunday night.

Festival-goers had enjoyed performances from the likes of Calvin Harris and Jess Glynne over the weekend, which passed without any major incidents after organisers announced beefed-up security measures.

But when KFC staff refused to serve food due to queue-jumpers, about half a dozen punters jumped over the counter to help themselves to chicken.

One 17-year-old festival-goer, told the Standard crowds of men left peaceful customers feeling "very squashed and intimidated".

She said: "I had been to Wireless and not eaten all day so went to get KFC, I was queueing for ages, which was expected as it was so busy

"After about 15 minutes of queuing two men came in all rowdy pushing past everyone."

She said the trouble started after women in the queue began arguing with the men who had pushed in.

She then saw about half a dozen people jump over the counter to grab food as staff stopped serving and called police.

"As everyone was being pushed the KFC staff refused to serve any more people," she said. "They stood back from the counter and wouldn't serve anyone.

"Then one member of staff said he was going to call the police because of how rowdy everyone was getting. I was literally so squashed at the front.

"Then a man queuing heard he was going to call the police so he questioned him and then jumped onto the counter, then about five others climbed over and stole chicken.

"It was all a bit crazy, I just didn't expect it at all. I'm from Preston, and just came to London for Wireless. I didn't expect this at all, you wouldn't get it back home."

The teenager said police arrived within five minutes, but she was forced to leave the restaurant in Seven Sisters Road without being served.

She said it was not clear whether the men who pushed into the queue had also been at the festival.

The event has previously attracted controversy, with residents calling for large-scale music events to be banned from London's parks following trouble in previous years.

Revellers have been accused of urinating in people’s gardens, and last year's event saw disorder break out as fans without tickets vaulted security fences, but this year's event passed without incident.

On Saturday police had carried out an operation at Finsbury Park station using police dogs to help seize drugs from festival-goers, some of which had been concealed inside a tube of Pringles.

The raiders have attracted criticism on Twitter, with users branding their actions "embarrassing" and "disgusting."

One Twitter user said: "You've got to question where your life is and how meaningless your existence must be if you finesse [steal from] a KFC."

While another said: "Yall mad wild... How mans finessed KFC after wireless??? y'all ain't got £1.99 for the chicken shop in the corner???"

A KFC spokesperson said: “There was an unexpected incident at our Finsbury Park restaurant yesterday evening, where unfortunately some customers became abusive and decided to jump over the counter.

"No one was hurt and we are very grateful to the police who arrived soon after and calmed the situation."

A spokeswoman for the Met said no arrests were made in connection with the incident.

She said: "Police were called at 22.21pm on Sunday 10 July to reports of a disturbance involving a large group of people jumping on chairs and over the counter to take food at the KFC shop on Seven Sisters Road, Haringey."

She added at least 13 arrests were made over the course of the weekend but records were still being updated.