'POOR GIRL DOES NOT WANT ANY OF THIS'

Family of alleged sexual assault victim are 'mortified' with rioting

- BY JONATHAN McCAMBRIDGE, REBECCA BLACK, CILLIAN SHERLOCK and LOUISE BURNE

THE family of a girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena are “mortified” at the violence that has unfolded over recent days.

The PSNI Chief Constable said he has spoken to the young girl's family and they had asked him to make a plea for the rioting to end.

Jon Boutcher said: “Let's stop it now, Everybody wants it to stop.

“I reiterate the retraumatising of this poor girl, she’s been through enough through what happened to her on Saturday evening. She doesn't want any of this.

“I know the family are mortified. I've spoken to them personally, they've asked me to make this plea.

“So for all of you listening, for people who have any sort of responsibility or charge over people who have been doing this awful disorder, get them to desist, stop it.

“It's not helping anyone. It’s certainly not helping your community.”