Bishop Street courthouse A Londonderry man has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the city on Sunday night.James Gallagher, 62, from St Columb's Wells, is accused of assaulting the girl at Bay Road.
His solicitor told Londonderry Magistrates' Court that his client said it was consensual and that he thought the girl was aged 17 or 18.
Bail was refused and the defendant was remanded in custody for a videolink hearing in three weeks' time.
Police have been attacked with petrol bombs, paint bombs and missiles in Portadown, Belfast and Londonderry.A police car and two private vehicles were damaged during the disturbances in the Garvaghy Road-Ballyoran area of Portadown on Wednesday.
A 21-year-old man was arrested for riotous behaviour. A girl arrested for disorderly behaviour was released pending a report.
Police were also targeted in west Belfast and Derry.
Petrol bombs and stones were thrown at officers during a four-hour period in the Brandywell and Gobnascale area of Derry city.
In Belfast a petrol bomb failed to ignite when it was thrown at Tennant Street PSNI station. A police spokesperson said nobody was injured during the trouble.
FlamesThere were also reports of a number of hijackings.
Detectives in Bangor have appealed for help in finding two men who stole a taxi on Wednesday.
The suspects got into the silver Audi A6 at the Rathgael Road and Drumhirk Road junction and asked the driver to take them to Ballybeen in Dundonald.
Just outside Holywood they told the driver to get out of the car. A short time later he turned to see his taxi in flames.
One of the suspects is described as being in his mid to late 20s, approximately 6ft tall and of medium build.
He had short dark hair and was wearing a red and white checked shirt with blue jeans.
The second man is described as slightly smaller and thinner than his accomplice and aged in his early 20s. He was wearing a blue and white checked shirt with blue jeans and was carrying a dark bag over one shoulder.
In Derry police have appealed for witnesses after a masked man walked into a flower shop on Westland Street shortly before 2200 BST on 12 July and demanded keys to a van that was parked outside.
He then made off in the vehicle towards the Lecky flyover. The van, registration ONZ 5123, was then set on fire.
The blaze on the Melmount Road was discovered at 0440 BST on Saturday.
The Fire and Rescue Service believe it was started deliberately.
Enniskillen district station commander Robbie Bryson said: "The first crew there realised it was a pretty big fire so they requested more appliances and in the end we had five appliances there."
"There was nobody about at the time the fire was discovered and no injuries or damage to adjacent properties."
The attack happened at Alliance leader David Ford's Glengormley office Alliance Party leader David Ford has said that an overnight arson attack on his Newtownabbey office will not put him or his staff off doing their jobs.Flammable liquid was poured on to the building at Carnmoney Road and set on fire last night. The building suffered scorch damage.
Mr Ford, who is also the justice minister, has his party base at the Glengormley office.
No-one was in the premises at the time of the attack.
Mr Ford said: "I am always aware that in the Department of Justice I have managed to offend a number of people.
"I am not sure what anyone in this day and age thinks is served by any of these attacks.
"It's certainly not going to do anything to dissuade my staff in the work they do for the people of South Antrim."
The police have appealed for anyone with information about the attack to come forward.
