Disgraced ex-DUP mayor Thomas Hogg has been convicted of trying to get a boy aged under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
The former Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough councillor had denied the offence but was found guilty following a contest hearing at Belfast Magistrates’ Court last week.
The case followed the politician’s arrest at a dance music festival in Newtownabbey organised by the council of which he was a leading member.
Hogg was charged with inciting a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity on September 28, 2019.
The 32-year-old had also been accused of a further charge of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and of sexual communication with a child.
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Former DUP mayor convicted on child sexual offence charge
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