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A wedding reception ended in disaster when a family brawl over a piece of chicken saw the bride's sister punched unconscious - by her own uncle.



Krystel Coleman, 29, was left with a broken nose and two black eyes after Curt Hughes, 53, allegedly punched her at her sister Karyssa's wedding

The fight erupted when the best man pushed into the buffet queue to get food for his son, which is said to have upset uncle-of-the-bride Hughes.

The 53 year old lorry driver is said to have then hit best man, and brother-of-the-groom, Danny Smethurst, 30, and the bride's father Kevin Coleman, 52.

Ten police vehicles had to be sent to Caldecott Hall hotel in Fritton near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, as angry wedding guests fought in the car park outside the reception.

Even the bride's mother Liza Coleman, 47, was knocked to the ground during the scuffle last Friday.

Bride Karyssa Smethurst, 28, of Gorleston, Norfolk, who is eight months pregnant, then had to drive her sister Krystel to hospital after an ambulance failed to turn up.

The groom, Ben Smethurst, 26, said the brawl started at the buffet table after his brother reached over to get a piece of chicken for his 11-year-old son.

He said: ‘Curt thought he was pushing in the queue, and called him "a fat c***". My brother just told him there was no need to use that sort of language.

‘People were them dancing and enjoying themselves and everything was fine until it was time to leave.

‘Curt was heard saying that he should never have come to the wedding as it was s*** and the food was crap.

‘He was just trying to belittle my wedding so my brother Danny said, 'Why don't you just f*** off then you d*******'. Danny then got punched.’

Mother-of-three Krystel, also of Gorleston, Norfolk, said: ‘My mum went up to Curt to push him out into the car park and told him, 'Don't you ruin my daughter's wedding'.

‘Then Curt's wife Elaine who is my mum's sister got involved. They were both shouting at my mum.

‘I went over to Curt and said, "What are you playing at? Leave my mum alone". Then he punched me.

‘I was out cold for about 20 minutes and was taken to the toilet where I was laid out on the floor until I came round.

‘My dad went up to Curt and they were pushing each other. Then my dad got hit and was left with a big lump on his head.

‘Another five or six people got involved. One bloke jumped on Curt's back to try and stop him because he was going crazy.