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09/10/2006
Five due in court after weekend riots
Five people are due to appear in Belfast Magistrates court following a riot in Newtownabbey on Saturday evening.
Four men, aged 18, 19, 24 and 41, along with a 34-year-old woman have been charged with a number of offences including riotous assembly and criminal damage.
The disturbances took place at around 11.15pm on Saturday, in the Diamond area of the loyalist Rathcoole estate on the outskirts of Belfast, when police investigating an assault in the area were attacked by a crowd of up to 20-people.
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Four men, aged 18, 19, 24 and 41, along with a 34-year-old woman have been charged with a number of offences including riotous assembly and criminal damage.
The disturbances took place at around 11.15pm on Saturday, in the Diamond area of the loyalist Rathcoole estate on the outskirts of Belfast, when police investigating an assault in the area were attacked by a crowd of up to 20-people.
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