A teenager whose party became a riot after it was gatecrashed by 150 revellers who saw it advertised on Facebook has boasted about how much it cost to break up.
It took 70 police officers, a helicopter and specialist dog handlers to stop the troublemakers after drunken youths began fighting in the street.
The helicopter alone costs around £500 for every hour it is in the air and estimates for the police operation as a whole have been put at up to £10,000.
But far from regretting the damage and disturbance caused by the party, one of the teenage organisers said: 'It was wicked.'
Jordan Wright, 17, said: 'I have no regrets at all. It was a great party and a great night. I am well proud that people are saying it cost the police £10,000.
'My mates are saying what a sick party it was - the best yet. Seventy or eighty police officers came down for a house party. I have put my street on the map.'
No regrets: Jordan, second left, with friends at the party
Chaos: Police officers (on the right) take on troublemakers at a teenage party in Farnborough, which was gatecrashed by more than 100 people
The stepfather of the other host spoke of his dismay that she seemed 'proud' of the mayhem she caused - which he called 'stupid, unnecessary and embarrassing'.
Seva Nurueva, 15, held the gathering jointly with neighbour Jordan at their adjoining homes in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Around a month before the event she had invited friends - but ignored her stepfather's instructions to keep the details off the internet.
By 10pm on Saturday youths from miles around descended on the gathering. Revellers smashed a table in Jordan's home and fights broke out outside.
Officers had to be called in from the Hampshire and Surrey forces to disperse the crowd.
Jordan said: 'My mum is saying that after this I have got to have my 18th birthday party in a hall instead of at home but I am going to invite even more people to that.
'She says "no way" but just you watch me. Seva was crying most of the night. She invited about 40 people and I invited about 200 on Facebook.
'She says the party was good but now she regrets it. But I don't. I don't really care. It was a great party.
'The only thing I would change another time would be that the DJ could have got there earlier and the police shouldn't have gatecrashed the party. The party would have gone off the Richter Scale if the police hadn't arrived.'
Teenagers Seva Nurueva (right) and Jordan Wright in the garden where the Facebook party began
Deborah Hunter, who lives on the street, said: 'We came home after an evening out and were confronted by hundreds of youths - male and female - spilling out on to the street from a party that was being held at the two houses. It escalated into a riot.
'There were more than 50 police officers in a shoulder-to-shoulder formation, pushing a crowd of 150 kids down the street. It was scary.
'It could have been really nasty had police not stepped in. There were children as young as 14 who were drunk.'
Miss Nurueva's stepfather, who does not wish to be named, said he warned her not to publicise the party on Facebook.
He said yesterday: 'As soon as two kids know, 200 know, that's why I told her not to put it on Facebook.
'I think the kids were proud because they got on to the news. I told them it's nothing to be proud of. It was stupid, unnecessary and embarrassing.'
He described violent scenes that erupted as partygoers poured into the quiet residential area.
'One girl hit the other on the head with a bottle. I couldn't control it,' he said. 'At half past ten the police turned up.'
He said officers confiscated cans of drink from revellers, before sealing off the road and marching in riot formation to clear the crowd. They finally left at 4am, after making five arrests.
Jordan was unrepentant last night about the trouble. He said: 'I have no regrets at all. I am well proud that people are saying it cost the police £10,000. My mates are saying what a sick party it was - the best yet.'
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