Ballymena Pride Parade: Court hears 'other suspects' to be added to slurry case file
A prosecutor said "an additional number of suspects are to be added” to a case file in relation to slurry being spread on roads ahead of Ballymena’s first Pride Parade.
The case was mentioned at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday where Isaac Adams (20), of Lislaban Road near Cloughmills, appeared.
He is charged with causing 'manure' to be deposited on a road 'in such a position as to cause or be likely to cause an obstruction or danger'; causing criminal damage to Granville Drive in Ballymena; and possessing a lock knife 'without good reason or lawful authority' at Granville Drive.
The defendant was arrested after officers on patrol observed slurry on the road at around 2.55am on June 28.
His defence lawyer said no slurry tanker was involved but it was "small canisters with hen manure".
Police said at the time the matter was being treated as a "hate crime".
Isaac Adams' is on continuing bail and his case was adjourned to January 15.