Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption Sarah Kelly Umney appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court

A woman allegedly threw a brick at police and tried to seize an officer's baton during street disorder in north Belfast, a court has heard.

Sarah Kelly Umney, 36, was arrested during trouble following a republican anti-internment parade on Sunday.

Nine PSNI officers were injured as police came under attack with missiles.

The march had been stopped on the Oldpark Road for breaching a Parades Commission determination over its timing.

A 60-strong crowd was involved in violence that broke out an hour later, forcing the deployment of police water cannon.

Ms Umney, of Oldpark Road in the city, was detained along with three men aged 53, 24 and 21.

She faces charges of riotous behaviour, four counts of assault on police, resisting police and obstructing police.

'Attempted to steal baton'

Opposing bail at Belfast Magistrates Court, a police constable said Ms Umney had been at the head of the crowd that attacked police with missiles, and antagonised officers verbally and physically.

The constable also said: "She attempted to pull a police officer's baton from their gun belt."

Ms Umney ignored repeated warnings to back off and when asked to put down a brick she had been holding she threw it at officers, the constable told the court.

Despite objections, the judge ruled the defendant can be released on tight conditions to an address approved by police.

She is due back in court next month, when the 53-year-old man arrested on Sunday is also set to appear on charges of common assault and disorderly behaviour.