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12/10/2012
Loyalist Flute Band Arrested
Members of a loyalist flute band have been arrested on suspicion of provocative conduct.
The band was filmed marching in circles outside a Catholic Church in Belfast.
The Young Conway Volunteers flute band, which is based in the city’s Shankill Road, was accused of playing sectarian music outside St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street on July 12.
The PSNI said 11 males aged between 15 and 42 were arrested in the north Belfast area over the last number of days.
Police also interviewed three other males in connection with the incident.
They were interviewed on suspicion of a breach of a Parades Commission determination in the Donegal St area on Saturday the August 25.
The 14 have been released pending a report to the public prosecution service for both offences.
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The band was filmed marching in circles outside a Catholic Church in Belfast.
The Young Conway Volunteers flute band, which is based in the city’s Shankill Road, was accused of playing sectarian music outside St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street on July 12.
The PSNI said 11 males aged between 15 and 42 were arrested in the north Belfast area over the last number of days.
Police also interviewed three other males in connection with the incident.
They were interviewed on suspicion of a breach of a Parades Commission determination in the Donegal St area on Saturday the August 25.
The 14 have been released pending a report to the public prosecution service for both offences.
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