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Boy, 13, facing city riot charges Four in court over riot charges
(about 5 hours later)
A 13-year-old boy is expected to appear in court along with five other people in connection with trouble in east Belfast on Monday. Four people have appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court charged in connection with trouble in east Belfast over three nights.
Four men, aged 36, 18, 19 and 30, a 17-year-old youth and the boy have been charged with public order offences, including riotous behaviour. The men, whose ages range from 17 to 30, faced a number of charges including riotous behaviour, throwing a petrol bomb and damaging a police vehicle.
They are to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court. The charges relate to trouble in the Mountpottinger Road area, which went on into the early hours of Tuesday, and subsequent disturbances.
The charges relate to trouble in the Mountpottinger Road area, which went on into the early hours of Tuesday. They were all released on bail.
Two other people, including a 13-year-old boy, are expected to appear in court later.
The disturbance began after a rally was held on Monday by Sinn Fein to mark the closure of Mountpottinger Police Station.
Officers fired plastic baton rounds to break up trouble between groups of republican and loyalist youths on the Albertbridge and Castlereagh roads.
Police said up to 200 people were involved in Monday night's trouble.
Riotous behaviour
Appearing before Belfast Magistrates Court, Matthew Wood, 19, of Bannagh Corner, was charged with riotous behaviour.
Brian Millar, 18, of Beechfield Street, faced three charges including damaging a police vehicle and having a baseball bat with intent.
George Garland, 30, of Albertbridge Road, was accused of four offences including throwing a petrol bomb.
A 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons was charged with riotous behaviour and throwing a petrol bomb.
A police constable told the court that trouble had broken out on Monday and Tuesday nights, with a large crowd gathering again on Wednesday.
District Judge Fiona Bagnall imposed a night-time curfew on the men and banned them from entering the area where the trouble flared, with some of the accused being told to live at other locations in the city.
They are all due to appear again in court next month.