PSNI have now reversed their stance on a serious attack

Ballymena SDLP councillor Declan O’Loan has reacted to the news that the PSNI have now reversed their stance on a serious attack on a house occupied by Czech workers in the Moat Road a few weeks ago.

He said, "I am most interested to learn that the PSNI are now describing the Moat Road attack as racist. At the time, that was the most likely explanation. Yet very quickly the PSNI said that it was not racially motivated. I regard that as needing an explanation, and I will be asking for one at the District Policing Partnership. Of course, the information only adds to my concerns about the frequency of racial incidents in Ballymena."