A disgraced ex-DUP mayor faces being stripped of his MBE award after he was convicted of trying to get a boy aged under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
Former Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough councillor Thomas Hogg denied the offence but was found guilty following a contest hearing at Belfast Magistrates Court last week.
The case followed the 32-year-old's arrest at the dance music festival V36 in Newtownabbey.
Hogg, of Brae Hill Park in the Ballysillan area of north Belfast, was charged with inciting a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity on September 28, 2019.
Following the charges brought against him, Hogg left the DUP and resigned his seat on Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.