Teen spread hen manure on road ahead of Pride parade as part of ‘prank’

Prank my ass, this was a hate crime against the marchers.  The slurry can be classified as a biohazard.  If it got into the water table it would contaminate the water supply.  Chicken shit is full of diseases and stinks worse than any other manure.  This was done to hurt LGBTQ+ people and their allies.  Hugs
Updated / Monday, 30 Jun 2025 15:06
Coleraine Magistrates Court heard that the 19-year-old "made full and frank admissions" to police
Coleraine Magistrates Court heard that the 19-year-old “made full and frank admissions” to police

A Co Antrim teenager spread gallons of hen manure on a road before Ballymena’s first Pride parade as part “of a prank,” a court has heard.

Coleraine Magistrates Court also heard that 19-year-old Isaac Adams “made full and frank admissions” to police when he was arrested.

Defence solicitor Stewart Ballentine said Mr Adams was “literally caught in the headlights of the police vehicle” when committing the offence.

Appearing handcuffed in the dock, Mr Adams, from the Lislaban Road in Cloughmills, confirmed his identity and that he understood the three charges against him, all alleged to have been committed on 28 June this year.

He was charged with causing criminal damage to Granville Drive in Ballymena, causing manure to be deposited on the road and possessing a bladed article, namely a lock knife.

According to a police statement at the time, Mr Adams was arrested in the early hours following reports of slurry being spread on the road at around 02.55am.

“The matter is being treated as a hate crime,” said the police statement.

The PSNI said they observed slurry on the road at Greenvale Street

While Mr Adams was charged to court today, a 20-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the incident has been released on police bail and is due to appear in court in November.

During Mr Adams’ brief court appearance, a police officer gave evidence that she believed she could connect the teenager to each of the offences.

She outlined how police on patrol happened upon a male wearing a balaclava and carrying “two empty 25 litre jugs”.

“He admitted that he had been spreading the manure over the roads to disrupt the Pride parade,” the officer told the court, adding that the lock knife was found in his pocket when he was searched.

The courty heard that Mr Adams “freely admitted” that he intended to disrupt that Pride parade due to be held later that day and during formal police interviews, the teenager told police “he was not the only person involved”.

The farmer told police he had filled four or five, five gallon jugs with “hen litter waste” from his family farm “and described it as a prank”.

Regarding issues of bail, the officer conceded the parade had now taken place and further that Mr Adams has absolutely no criminal record.

District Judge Peter King heard the clean up operation cost £788 (€921).

Under cross examination from Mr Ballentine, the officer agreed that Mr Adams “cooperated fully with the police” and also that he told them he had the knife as part of his work.

Submitting that Mr Adams “comes from good stock” in North Antrim and that the incident “is very much out of character,” Mr Ballentine said that having spent the weekend in a police cell, Mr Adams “has learnt a very salutary lesson”.

He argued that Mr Adams could be granted bail and Judge King agreed.

Freeing Mr Adams on his own bail of £500 and adjourning the case to 24 July, the judge imposed several conditions, including a curfew, barred Mr Adams from entering Ballymena and from contacting his co-accused.

Having heard the incident by mobile phone, he also ordered that Mr Adams can only have a phone which cannot access the internet and he has to pass on the details of any phone to the police.

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5 thoughts on “Teen spread hen manure on road ahead of Pride parade as part of ‘prank’”

    1. Hi Michael. The good news is this seems to have happened in Ireland. But it is the same maga inspired hate for anyone different from the majority, the straight cis majority. If they don’t feel like that no one should be able to. But the thing is no one that is straight or cis can ever tell me when they choose it like they want to claim the LGBTQ+ do. When did you choose to be a boy? When did you choose to be straight? You didn’t because you just knew. The same way trans and gay kids just know. Hugs

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    1. Hi Ten Bears. While I am normally the forgiving type … I would hold the shit down while you did it. I have been on farms in my childhood. The most vile manure I ever smelt or had to deal with was chicken shit. Stupid people think all the same and I have heard of people putting chicken shit in their gardens. They regret it quickly.

      Of topic. I am up progressing with your suggestions. I am up to doing 12 arm curls per set with 4 sets with only the 3 pound weight dumbbell. I do 14 triceps per set with 4 sets again with the 3 pounds. I do 10 straight out shoulder reps with 4 sets with the same weight. I do 10 sideways shoulder reps for four sets … But those I can’t use any weight. The MIR shows muscle tears and damage to the joint so if I try to use weights I can’t finish the sets and it leaves me near tears. So I am doing what you said, working up endurance and doing more reps with little or no weight. Ron says he has already seen a difference in how much I can do such as with dishes. I don’t get tired out so quickly. I admit I want it to go faster and I wish I could build up muscles. But just being able to move my limbs without pain repeatedly is grand also. Thanks for your advice. I need now to look up how to do something with my stomach muscles. Like leg lifts or such that won’t hurt my damaged spine. Again thanks for the advice. Hugs

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      1. Abs are a problem. Crunches (situps) are bad for you, I don’t do them. Do torso twists, which with your back you may not be able to do. However, remember that everything is connected, everything you do is connected to your abs so even if you’re not actually doing abs-sets you are. As long as you stay with the discipline eventually you will begin to see (and feel) a difference. Keep up the good work

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