Overview
- Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to the White Hart Hotel in Launceston after reports of a group trying to gain entry, but officers found the suspects had left and enquiries are ongoing.
- Staff at the pub said the group attempted to push in through the rear entrance and left the back door damaged.
- A witness reported several patrons suffered minor facial injuries during the assaults and said armed officers were called, a detail police have not confirmed.
- Witnesses described roughly five people who have come to the venue over several weeks and targeted smokers outside without clear cause.
- Staff said the same group returned the next morning and expressed concern they could come back again, with no arrests announced so far.