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26/11/2013
Bandsmen Guilty Of Breaking Parade Conditions
Parading conditions were broken by two bandsmen who played The Sash outside a Catholic Church.
The two flute band members, Thomas Beresford, 21, of Strathearn Court and Stephen Walker, 28, of Church Green, both in Holywood, County Down, were convicted of knowingly flouting a ban on playing non-sacred music.
The men were captured on video passing St Matthew's Church on the Newtownards Road, east Belfast, on 29 September as part of an Ulster Covenant centenary parade.
It is understood that the men claimed to have not seen flashing signs on the prohibited section of the parade route; a claim the judge dismissed as "inconceivable and incredible".
Both men are due to be sentenced next week.
(MH/CD)
The two flute band members, Thomas Beresford, 21, of Strathearn Court and Stephen Walker, 28, of Church Green, both in Holywood, County Down, were convicted of knowingly flouting a ban on playing non-sacred music.
The men were captured on video passing St Matthew's Church on the Newtownards Road, east Belfast, on 29 September as part of an Ulster Covenant centenary parade.
It is understood that the men claimed to have not seen flashing signs on the prohibited section of the parade route; a claim the judge dismissed as "inconceivable and incredible".
Both men are due to be sentenced next week.
(MH/CD)
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