Curtis Dunlop, 23, appeared at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of riotous assembly in Ballymena on Wednesday - the third successive night of serious disorder in the Co Antrim town this

Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday, in the second successive night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town.

The police said that attacks on houses and businesses in the town of Ballymena were being investigated as racially motivated, and that 15 officers had been injured.

Unrest has erupted in the Northern Irish town after the alleged sexual assault of a local girl by two 'Romanian' teenagers

A fundraiser for a Filipino father whose home was targeted during riots in Ballymena has raised over £7,500 so far.

The country’s police chief Jon Boutcher said the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena has been ‘further traumatised’ by the unrest.