{"id":982706,"date":"2026-05-24T23:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/982706\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:26:36","slug":"man-charged-and-dog-seized-following-report-of-racial-abuse-hurled-at-street-preacher-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/982706\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged and dog seized following report of racial abuse hurled at street preacher \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man was charged with disorderly behaviour and had his dog seized after racial abuse was allegedly hurled at a Belfast street preacher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 53-year-old man is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court next month following Saturday\u2019s reported incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police were called following a report of aggressive behaviour by an individual in Castle Place in the city centre on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was reported racially motivated abuse was directed at the street preacher.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/large-fire-breaks-out-at-belfast-recycling-centre-QIZ3GXSXJJAOZD77M3UPPL5UAE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Sixty firefighters deployed to tackle huge blaze in Belfast&#x2019;s Titanic Quarter\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EMO6IJH5RFGJPOHN3AKO2HZ7TQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/its-wonderful-to-be-back-renovated-oasis-for-catholics-at-queens-university-belfast-reopens-after-three-years-QGYUOBKN45GKRFG53I3O7AZU2M\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;It&#x2019;s wonderful to be back&#x2019; &#x2013; Renovated &#x2018;oasis&#x2019; for Catholics at Queen&#x2019;s University Belfast reopens after three years \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779665196_500_C6EY7FZVAJH4VO7LZ54UBJGVPE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Following the arrest, the accused man\u2019s dog was taken into the custody of a Belfast City Council dog warden. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man is due to appear in court on June 19, and all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was charged with disorderly behaviour and had his dog seized after racial abuse was allegedly hurled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":982707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[8521,2378,38414,1144,228797,65893,16,15],"class_list":["post-982706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-abuse","tag-belfast","tag-dog","tag-northern-ireland","tag-preacher","tag-racist","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116632145390492340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/982707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}