A 19 -year -old man has admitted to spraying chicken manure on the streets of Ballimana in a strange “protest act” against the inauguration pride parade of the city.
From Isaac Adams, Lislabon Road, Clofmals, the Cololereen Magistrate appeared before the court on Monday morning after the incident. He faces allegations of criminal damage, holds a lock knife, and accumulates manure on the road.
The court heard that Mr. Adams was arrested by the police in the “Red-Hand” in the early hours of Saturday, wearing a Balaklava and two empty 25-liter jaggery which included manure. He allegedly told the officials that his work was a protest against the city’s first Gaurav incident, which was scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Adams admitted to putting four or five drum chicken garbage from his farm and putting it on the road with the intention of disrupting the parade.
Several references, including “six elderly” from his local church, were handed over to the court, who said that it was “much out of the character”.
Constable cuckoo confirmed the court that at around 2.45 pm on Saturday, June 28, the police were patrolling the city center of Ballimena when they came before the defendant.
He was found wearing a Balaklava, including two empty 25-liter jaggery, which he said that it includes manure.
The defendant admitted that he was spreading manure on the surrounding roads to disrupt the Ballimana Pride parade, which was determined to be later on the same day.
The defendant was discovered, and a lock knife was found in his pocket.
He was arrested for criminal damage and possession of a bladed article.
Under the caution, the defendant independently admitted that he had entered the act in protest against the upcoming parade later that day.
He admitted to spread waste fertilizer in the town and told the police that he was not the only person involved in it.
Adams admitted to wearing Balaklava to hide his identity, and he confirmed Fertilizer A hen was a waste of garbage.
He said that he had filled four or five drums from his farm with garbage, and he described it as a prank.
The police opposed the bail, but said that the defendant did not have any criminal record, that the event has now passed and a co-accused, who was arrested on Saturday, has been granted bail till November.
Solicitor for the accused, Stewart Balantine told the court that Adams fully cooperated and entered the police.
“He indicated that he was a fool and fool to join this mischief, as he described it, but it is clearly back to him,” said Mr. Balantine.
Ms. Koyal agreed that the accused showed remorse and described it as a mischief.
The accused is a maintenance engineer and works on the family farm and was wearing trousers working at the time of the incident, including a lock knife.
“He is a person who was never in trouble in life before,” said Mr. Balantine.
“He is in full -time employment.
“It was not a solution tanker like driving on the streets of Ballimena. It was some small canister with the chicken Fertilizer Among them.
“As far as the parade was concerned on Saturday, it was not inconvenienced in any way, and all individuals who wanted to participate were able to do so.”
Photos of Fertilizer Handed over to court.
The court was told that the local authority cost £ 788.39 to clean the dirt.
Mr. Balantine said: “His mother and father are worried about the case. They are both in the body of the court.
“I hold hands with my employer in a context. He speaks excessively about this young man, and also assigned to his local church in the context of his six elders, who also say that it is out of a lot of character.
“The man was never arrested in his life before. He had an experience of detaining in custody throughout the weekend, and it is completely new to this youth, and hopefully he will never return.
“He comes from a family stock in the northern entream region, a very law, and he is a hardworking young man, and should actually be on other, more productive things than this mischief, which went badly wrong.
He said, ‘He helped a lot in the police investigation, and one of the other parties was arrested.
“I wonder what the evidence may be or not in relation to that case. But my client was the only person who was actually caught with a red hand, so to speak, and he entered from the beginning.
“He was too trapped in the headlights of the police vehicle and entered the whole and certainly he has learned, very sad, lessons from their experiences in the last few days.”
The court heard that the incident was held on messages and phone calls.
Adams was granted bail under several conditions, which included he at a address in Lislabon Road in Clomils, not to enter Ballimena, does not have a capable phone in internet access, and remains under curfew between 11 am and 5 pm.
Adams was warned that violating his bail terms would not be considered a mischief.
A 20 -year -old man who was also arrested in connection with the incident has been released on police bail and is scheduled to appear in court in November.
