A SON of Policing Board member and DUP MLA Mervyn Storey has appeared in court accused of assaulting a PSNI officer and resisting another policeman.
Philip Storey (24), of Seacon Road in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, is also charged with disorderly behaviour in a public place, namely The Diamond in Portstewart.
The charges relate to December 8 2019.
The defendant was in the dock when the case was heard at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Monday, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
A police officer said she believed she could connect the accused to the charges.
A defence lawyer requested an adjournment to allow representations to be made to the Public Prosecution Service.
No further details were heard in court, and the defendant has not yet indicated his pleas to the charges.
The case was adjourned to be heard again at Coleraine Magistrates Court on January 20.
Mervyn Storey, a former Stormont executive minister, is a DUP assembly member for North Antrim.
The Policing Board monitors the work of the PSNI and chief constable.
