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Police have arrested two women after a group of people were filmed fighting outside KFC.

A video posted online showed the melee in Stonedale Retail Park, in Liverpool, on Wednesday evening.

Police have charged Carol Lea, 55, from St Helens with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and threatening behaviour.

Another woman, 56, also from St Helens, was detained on suspicion of affray and was cautioned for threatening behaviour.


A woman was apparently wielding a hammer (Picture: Mercury Press)

The incident happened outside KFC in Stonedale Retail Park, in Liverpool (Picture: Google)

Officers said a third woman, 19, sustained a head injury after she was allegedly punched and had to be treated in hospital.

A police statement statement said: ‘At around 7.15pm, officers were called to Stonedale Retail Park on East Lancs Road to reports of an altercation in a car park near to KFC, and threats being made by a woman in possession of a hammer.’



Lea was released on conditional bail pending further enquiries.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact @MerPolCC on 101 with reference 19100230164 or @CrimestoppersUK anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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