16/08/2004
Two remanded in custody following weekend violence
Two people, one a teenage youth, have been remanded in custody in connection with charges made following disturbances at a bonfire in Ballymena, Co Antrim at the weekend.
The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with having a petrol bomb and with having equipment suitable for making a petrol bomb following the disturbances in Ballymena in the early hours of Sunday.
A 21-year-old man, John Brian Greer was charged with having a petrol bomb with the intent to damage property.
During the trouble a crowd of around 50 people attacked police with petrol bombs, paint and stones in the town's Dunclug estate.
The pair who appeared before Coleraine Magistrate's Court on Monday were remanded in custody until September 9.
(MB)
The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with having a petrol bomb and with having equipment suitable for making a petrol bomb following the disturbances in Ballymena in the early hours of Sunday.
A 21-year-old man, John Brian Greer was charged with having a petrol bomb with the intent to damage property.
During the trouble a crowd of around 50 people attacked police with petrol bombs, paint and stones in the town's Dunclug estate.
The pair who appeared before Coleraine Magistrate's Court on Monday were remanded in custody until September 9.
(MB)
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