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| Trio plead guilty after rioting | Trio plead guilty after rioting |
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| Three Polish men involved in rioting in Belfast on Saturday have admitted charges of disorderly behaviour at Laganside Magistrates Court. | Three Polish men involved in rioting in Belfast on Saturday have admitted charges of disorderly behaviour at Laganside Magistrates Court. |
| It follows trouble on Saturday before, during and after a World Cup qualifier in Belfast between NI and Poland. | It follows trouble on Saturday before, during and after a World Cup qualifier in Belfast between NI and Poland. |
| All three were given suspended sentences. | All three were given suspended sentences. |
| The case against a fourth Polish man charged with disorderly behaviour and also having a firework without a licence was adjourned until 27 April. | The case against a fourth Polish man charged with disorderly behaviour and also having a firework without a licence was adjourned until 27 April. |
| The trio who admitted charges of disorderly behaviour were Tomasz Bobrowicz, 30, from Suffolk, England, Przemyslaw Pawel Kusmierczyk, 28, from Liverpool, and Lukasz Szwajda, 22, from London. | |
| The fourth man was Tomasz Jakobik, 26, from University Avenue in Belfast. | |
| They were all arrested on Saturday afternoon after trouble flared inside a pub on Bedford Street in Belfast city centre. | |
| A police constable told the court he did not believe the four men had been involved in "anything orchestrated or pre-planned" and that they were "on the periphery of things". | |
| Ulster Unionist Councillor Bob Stoker criticised the kickoff time. | |
| He said it should have started before 1715 GMT given the potential for trouble. | |
| "The game should not have been played at a quarter past five on Saturday knowing the potential for trouble and the amount of alcohol that would be taken," Mr Stoker said. |