FOUR men have been charged with disorderly behaviour following trouble before Northern Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Poland in Belfast on Saturday.

A 38-year-old man is to appear in court in the North charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.

Police in the North have charged an 18-year-old man with assaulting an ambulance worker who was trying to treat him in Belfast.

Two men are to appear before Laganside Magistrates court this morning on a number of charges linked to an alleged extortion racket, believed to be linked to the Continuity IRA.

A 42-year-old man appeared before magistrates in Belfast charged with the murder of Jonathan Stewart at a Christmas party during the loyalist Ulster Defence Association feud.

Two men from West Belfast were charged today with assisting the murders of a civilian who worked on an army base in the city.

A 39-year-old man is due in court tomorrow accused of the murder of a Belfast man on his doorstep more than a year ago.

A 44-year-old Londoner appeared in court in Belfast today charged in relation to a major drugs operation at the weekend.

A 43-year-old man was tonight charged with the murder of a woman in east Belfast at the weekend.

A 17-year-old youth was due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a civil servant in Belfast.