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Antony Thrower & Abigail Nicholson

Group of 'thick' people filmed playing on frozen lake days after Solihull tragedy

Terrifying footage shows a group of “thick” people playing on a frozen lake days after the Solihull tragedy which killed four children.

Footage showed around ten people sliding on the water in Sefton Park - including several adults - while some were seen kicking a football about.

When they were warned to get off the ice the group started shouting obscenities as they ignored the warnings, the Liverpool Echo reported.

It comes on the same day all four children killed in the Solihull tragedy were named by police as their families paid tribute.

The footage was captured by 49-year-old Nick Robinson.

Some of the women were seen dancing on the frozen water (Liverpoolecho)

He said: “All I could think is there's no way these people have not seen the story about those little boys in Solihull and I was astounded.

“One woman went on the ice, and then like lemons, the rest of them followed until there were ten of them on the ice.

"A woman who was jogging past shouted at them to get off the ice, but they didn't listen.

"They were on the ice for between 15 and 20 minutes and then two wardens came and shouted at them to get off the ice.

“They all started shouting abuse and one of the women, who was in her late 20s to early 30s screamed 'who do you think you're talking to, we're old enough to make our own decisions'. “

Marshalls ordered the people off the water, but were ignored (Liverpoolecho)

The wardens gave them a telling off and then they eventually came off the ice but the abuse continued.

"At one point they were getting really close to the darker section of the ice, where it's thinner."

Earlier in the day another photographer captured a man walking over the middle lake in Sefton Park on his own.

The group of people were seen playing on the ice, millimetres from disaster (Liverpoolecho)

Nick added: “When I saw the reporter break down on the TV, that was such a hard hitting moment. Those little boys have presents under the tree that will never be opened now.

"I don't think they [the people on the ice] understand it's not just their lives it would affect if anything happened, it would also be their families."

Liverpool City Council have slammed the group on the lake calling them "thick" for "putting their lives at risk".

A spokesperson said: “The ice may look thick on this lake, but these adults are even thicker to think it's ok to walk on it.

The "idiots" were seen days after the children fell in the water in Birmingham (Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live)

“Given what we all saw tragically unfold at Solihull at the weekend it’s with great sadness to see people put their lives at risk in this way.

"The fact they were asked to get off it and were dismissive and abusive makes the matter even worse. Signs have been erected warning of the dangers at all our parks and lakes and we would implore anyone not to go anywhere near an iced over body of water.

"Better to admire the beauty and wonder of these frosty landscapes, rather than be a victim of their deadly trap.”

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