Mum tells 300 students partying at 2am to be quiet because her daughter has exams

A desperate mum pleaded with students having a raucous party next door to quiet down so her daughter could study for her GCSEs.

The parent was mocked for being a ‘Karen’ as she told around 300 university students to turn down the volume at their garden party.

A TikTok video timestamped 1.34am on June 2 shows the mum telling revellers her daughter has an exam at 9am.

Police eventually broke up the end-of-year bash at around 2am, which included laser lights and external speakers on Cliff Road in Leeds.

But students continued to rave in the street, with some blasting music from a car for another hour after being told by officers to go home.

First-year Gene Vale, 19, who is studying cybersecurity at Leeds Beckett University, arrived at the outdoor garden party at 12.45am.

He said: ‘We were just chilling and this woman just barges in – there’s an alleyway next to the house, so you can just walk through an alleyway.

Residents’ calls for the music to be turned down at a raucous student party on Cliff Road in Leeds went ignored (Picture: Gene Vale / SWNS)

‘She walks through the alleyway and barges through everyone, goes straight up to the DJ and says, “can you turn it off?”

‘He says “oh, you’re ruining the party” and everything and then she tries to explain her daughter has a 9am exam the next morning and says “you’re not being very considerate”.

‘Obviously, it didn’t really end up working out for her, because the guy who actually was DJ’ing didn’t really care.’

He added that while he had sympathy for the mum, he wouldn’t have complained if he had been in her shoes.

Vale said: ‘Obviously it was their last big send-off party, you just have to put yourself in their shoes and think how gutted I would be if someone was complaining.’

Others online were more critical of student gatherings. Another person sitting an exam wrote how their sleep was disrupted by a party next door.

Police attended the huge gathering at 2am (Picture: Gene Vale / SWNS)

They said: ‘Not a Karen, it’s reasonable? I had a 9am chemistry exam and the uni house next door had a party.

‘Went into the exam absolutely knackered. Just go clubbing or do the party on a weekend like a normal person.’

A spokesperson for Leeds City Council said: ‘Incidents like this remain rare, largely due to the strong partnership working and investment that’s been made over time by Leeds City Council’s Dedicated Service, a project jointly funded by University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University.

Police confront partygoers on the street outside the property after residents complain about the noise (Picture: Gene Vale / SWNS) Students were celebrating the end of the university year with a wild bash (Picture: Gene Vale/SWNS)

‘With regards to this incident, the Dedicated Service out-of-hours noise team received two calls from one resident relating to a large house party with external speakers and laser lights.

‘Council officers arrived on site and unacceptable noise was witnessed from a distance of 100 metres.

‘When the officers approached the house there were approximately 300 people in the garden area and an unknown number inside the house itself. Initial requests to turn the music off were refused, however once the tenant of the property had been spoken to the music was turned off and people started to disperse.

‘Due to the number of people leaving the address, police attendance was requested.

‘The occupants of the address in question have been dealt with under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 via the Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team with further investigations on-going.’

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