'Topless' males fighting in Ballymena town centre
Two "topless" males were fighting in Ballymena town centre.
Patrick Ward (41), of Sandown Park, Ballymena, admitted being disorderly.
A prosecutor told Ballymena Magistrates Court that at 1.30am on December 15 last year police received a report of two drunk males fighting at Ballymoney Street.
They were "topless" and had to be separated. The defendant was shouting and was verbally abusive to police.
The prosecutor said the defendant "continually stated that he knew where the officers lived and that he would shoot them".
A defence solicitor said the defendant is a married father and "accepts he is far too old to be getting involved in this type of absolutely appalling behaviour".
District Judge Nigel Broderick said: "It is not a great example for the children if their father is out fighting in the street at half one in the morning and being abusive to police officers."
The defendant had a "poor record" and was fined £250.