Northern Ireland courts processed multiple cases from April 20 to 24. Kurtis Dunlop, 23, received a 32-month sentence at Antrim Crown Court on Monday for rioting in Ballymena on June 9, 2025. Half the term requires prison time, half on licence. Police saw him throw masonry at a vehicle on Bridge Street before joining attacks with fireworks and bottles against officers. Disorder lasted three nights in Ballymena and spread to Larne, Newtownabbey, Portadown and Derry.

Andrew Moran, 30, from Grange Lane in Newtownabbey, faces charges of improper use of electronic communications, threatening behaviour, harassment and intimidation. The High Court heard on Tuesday that he posted menacing Facebook comments targeting DUP MLA Trevor Clarke after Clarke announced a surgery in Mallusk on March 27. Moran denies the charges and received bail with a no-contact order for Clarke.

District Judge Peter King reserved verdict on Wednesday in the trial of Clive Johnston, 77, from Melmount Road in Sion Mills. Johnston faces two charges under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act (Northern Ireland) 2023 for protesting at Causeway Hospital in Coleraine on July 7 and failing to leave the zone.

Paul John Burns, 46, and Paul Burns Senior, 65, appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court on Wednesday over an incident on Oldpark Avenue on April 20. Burns Junior faces attempted murder and knife possession charges. Burns Senior faces assault and offensive weapon charges. Police allege a dispute led to Burns Senior striking the victim with a baton and Burns Junior stabbing him in the chest. The victim, in his thirties, suffered a partially collapsed lung and received surgery at Mater Hospital.

Two unnamed PSNI officers face trial after a preliminary inquiry at Belfast Magistrates Court on Thursday. They are charged with misconduct in public office for allegedly warning Royal Bar, Diamond Jubilee and Bar Berlin licensees in Shankill of Covid-19 compliance checks from December 2021 to March 2022. One officer faces an additional charge of unlawfully obtaining PSNI data. Reporting restrictions protect their identities.

Gvidas Malinauskas, 42, a Lithuanian national of no fixed abode, received seven months imprisonment at Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday. He admitted burglary and criminal damage after entering Union Street Bar on September 21, spending hours in a dressing room trying on clothing and causing over £1,000 in damage.

Jamie Taylor, 36, from Tandragee Road in Gilford, received a suspended sentence at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Friday. He pleaded guilty to common assault, disorderly behaviour, criminal damage and resisting police after an incident on February 27.