A 50-year-old woman is to appear in court following riots in Portadown earlier this month.
The woman has been charged with four offences including intentionally encouraging riot and incitement to commit criminal damage.
She is due before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on July 23.
The PSNI’s Public Order Enquiry Team, investigating recent disorder across NI, have arrested 41 people to date.
As is usual procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
A number of images have been released of individuals police still want to identify and speak to in connection with the ongoing investigation – accessible on https://www.psni.police.uk/news/op-exposure-june-2025
If you are able to identify any of the people shown in these images or can provide information about them you should contact police on 101.
Photos and footage, including CCTV, mobile phone or dash cam footage, can be shared with police through the Major Incident Public Portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/PSNI25U11-PO1
Earlier this month, 56-year-old Janice Wilson, of Deramore Drive in Portadown, appeared in the dock at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court.
A police officer said police Tactical Support Group (TSG) officers were in Portadown town centre around 7.30pm on the night of an “immigration protest”.
He said there were large numbers of people on the streets and there was “increasing disorder”.
Police were deployed to West Street with the junction with Jervis Street and when the TSG arrived there was already “a large group of over 100 people involved in rioting and disorder”.
The TSG unit put in a “shield line” and the officer said Wilson approached and she was asked to move back and leave the area as the road had been closed “under Article 13 of the Miscellaneous Provisions NI Order 2007”.
She was told if she failed to do so she wold be liable for arrest but “continued to push towards police lines and was struck with an officer’s baton”.
At 9.20pm she was given a final warning and arrested for obstructing police. She was placed in handcuffs and struggled with police. She was cautioned and she refused to give any details.
The officer said the concern was that “given the current situation” if released there could be further offences committed and there could be “further serious public disorder”.
A defence solicitor said the defendant works 21 hours a week in a bakery and has lived in Portadown since 1999 when she came from Belfast.
He said she had one matter on her record record from 15 years ago which was dealt with by way of a fine.
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