UK's CUSTOM ROCK AND BLUES FESTIVAL Cancelled 'Over Police Fears'

BBC News reports that organizers of a Derbyshire, UK rock music festival have withdrawn their application for a licence amid fears of violence after a biker's death.

The Custom Rock and Blues Festival was scheduled to take place at Catton Hall in south Derbyshire in August.

But police feared some people may have used it for "high-profile" retaliation over the death of Hells Angel Motorcycle Club member Gerard Tobin.

The 35-year-old from south London was shot dead on the M40 last August.

Police objected to the four-day event because they said there was an unacceptable risk to local people and the event's 15,000 visitors.

Intelligence suggested a clash between rival biker gangs over the death of Mr Tobin who was shot dead leaving a bikers' festival on the M40 in south Warwickshire.

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