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Foyle MP Colum Eastwood with some of the defendants at a previous court appearance
Foyle MP Colum Eastwood will accept an informed warning from the PSNI for his part in an illegal parade in support of Palestine while five others will contest the charge.
Colum Eastwood (42) of Duncreggan Road, Goretti Horgan (59) of Westland Avenue, Davina Pulis (36) of Knoxhill Park, Robert Paul Maxwell (60) of Rathlin Drive and Jude Coffey (27) of Gartan Square and local councillor Shaun Harkin (52) of Beechwood Avenue all in Derry are charged with taking part in an illegal procession on February 14 2024 and in Harkin's case February 17 in support of Palestine.
At today's sitting of Derry Magistrate's Court Ciaran Shiels a solicitor acting for Eastwood said that his client would be accepting the diversion offered which is known as an informed warning and the case was adjourned until November 5 to allow that to be administered.
Meanwhile, Sinead Rogan, the barrister for several of the other defendants said that an informed warning was not acceptable in all of the other cases.
She said that she wanted to 'narrow down witnesses' in the case and go through the papers before setting a date for a contest.
District Judge Ted Magill said that a special day would be required for the hearing.
He adjourned the case against the five defendants until November 12 to see if a special day could be found in the court calendar.
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