‘Blood everywhere’: passenger in clown suit prompts violent brawl on P&O Britannia cruise to Norway’s fiords
- Staff injured after late-night fight breaks out in buffet area on-board P&O vessel
A British holidaymaker dressed as a clown prompted a mass brawl on a cruise ship in which passengers used furniture and plates as weapons, according to witnesses.
The late-night fight in the buffet area aboard P&O’s Britannia left a member of staff injured as they tried to intervene while onlookers fled in fear.
The brawl, which took place in the early hours of Friday during the return leg of a week-long cruise to Norway’s fiords, reportedly followed an alcohol-fuelled afternoon of “patriotic” partying on deck.
The perpetrators were said to have been confined to their cabins for the last day of the cruise.
A 41-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man from Essex were arrested by Hampshire police on suspicion of assault when the ship docked in Southampton on Saturday.
Six people, including three women, were assaulted during the fight, resulting in a series of injuries including “significant bruising and cuts”, the force said.