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Last Updated: Monday, 7 July, 2003, 20:54 GMT 21:54 UK
Six bailed after street violence
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Police attended the incidents on Saturday morning
Five men and a 17-year-old youth have been bailed accused of violent disorder after disturbances in a north Wales town in the early hours of Saturday.

Mark Richard Williams, 21, of Caernarfon, faces two other charges of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour and threatening to burn down the house of Mustafa Sari.

The others charged with violent disorder are the 17-year-old Caernarfon youth - who cannot be named for legal reasons - 24-year-old Ian Wynne Parry, of Llandudno, and three men from Caernarfon - Matthew McDonald, 21, Christopher Mark Jones, 20, and Dewi Glyn Parry, 24.

The six must appear in court again on July 23. Mr Williams' bail conditions include night-time curfews and staying out of Caernarfon town centre except for work or to visit lawyers.

Police are studying surveillance footage of the trouble which broke out in Bridge Street and led to a man being stabbed.

Another person had injuries to the face as a result of the incident, police said.

North Wales Police say they are not treating the stabbing incident as a racial attack.

However, a further related incident at a property in the town, where objects were thrown at a car and a house, may have been racially motivated, a spokeperson said.

One of those arrested was released from hospital and returned to police custody.

Another person was treated at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, but is not under arrest.




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