23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Underage yobs without tickets leap fences to gatecrash Scottish music festival
Videos posted online showed the extent of the chaos
UNDER RAVERS Underage yobs without tickets leap fences to gatecrash Scottish music festival
A CONTROVERSIAL techno festival was overrun by underage youths who brazenly scaled fences to gain entry without tickets.
The two-day electronic music rave, Terminal V, took place over the weekend at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston.
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Clips of young people storming the festival have gone viral on social media
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Mobs of youth were able to gain entry to Terminal V by jumping the fence
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Videos posted later show kids on the shoulders of adults
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The event is strictly ticketed and for over-18s only, with single-day passes costing £79.95 each.
However, several videos circulating on social media show dozens of audacious individuals breaching security barriers while a lone security guard looks on.
In one clip, several youths are seen toppling a metal barrier and climbing over gates to access the venue without paying.
In another video, a large group can be seen running across a field adjacent to the site near the capital's airport.
Other footage captures boys and girls squeezing through a gap in the fencing as other festivalgoers film their actions on mobile phones.
Organisers initially stated they were aware of "organised groups of fence jumpers" attempting to gain unauthorised entry, which they claimed had been "swiftly addressed."
However, subsequent videos show young males, believed to be between the ages of 12 and 14, being carried on the shoulders of revellers during festival performances.
Another short clip features two young boys dancing alongside adults in an outdoor area.
Paying attendees spend nearly £150 for a weekend ticket to the popular techno event.
The festival's licence was approved by council officials in March 2025, despite concerns raised over "noise and drug use".
DJ Hannah Laing at BCM Magaluf
Historically, arrests and drug-related incidents have occurred at the event, with Police Scotland making 21 arrests across the festival's two editions last year.
In a previous incident, a teenage dance enthusiast tragically died during a Halloween edition of the festival in 2022.
Police Scotland confirmed they had been alerted to issues involving fence jumpers and stated that "further engagement" would be undertaken ahead of future events.
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Kids were spotted at the strictly over 18 event
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Police Scotland said they were aware of the incident
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Brazen youths were videoed at the controversial rave
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Superintendent Sam Ainslie said: 'We were made aware of issues relating to people gaining entry to the site without tickets at points on the perimeter fence.
Measures were put in place with the venue, event organisers, and stewards to address these issues, and further engagement will take place ahead of future events.'
Terminal V have been approached for further comment.
