TEN people have been charged after a large brawl at Goodwood Racecourse in May.

Police arrested 12 people in less than eight hours.

Sussex Police officers assisted by Hampshire Constabulary conducted the warrants across Southampton and Gosport in the early hours of Thursday.

Ten people were later charged with violent disorder They all have addresses in Hampshire.

They were all bailed and will appear at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on September 25.

One defendant, Lesley Sharp, 39, of Jervis Drive, Gosport, was charged with actual bodily harm.

A further suspect, a 29-year-old man from Gosport, was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and released under investigation.

Ceri Spratt of the Chichester Investigations team said: “We have worked hard alongside Goodwood and Hampshire Constabulary to identify these 12 suspects from the altercation and are pleased we managed to get a full house in arrests.

“The video of the altercation was widely circulated on social media at the time and this level of violence is unacceptable.

“We worked robustly with Hampshire Constabulary officers to bring each of them into custody and welcome the charging decisions by the Crown Prosecution Services.”

The brawl attracted national publicity amid calls for increased security at racecourses.