A former DUP mayor has been charged with sexual offences involving a child.
Thomas Hogg (31) was arrested after a dance music festival in the grounds of V36 park in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim last Saturday.
He has been charged with sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause or incite children between 13 and 16 to engage in sexual activity.
Mr Hogg is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on October 28.
A DUP spokesman said it suspended his membership after he was charged yesterday morning.
He later resigned from the party.
Mr Hogg is a former mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, which owns V36 park.
He also served as a councillor for several years.
A spokeswoman said he had "resigned from the council with immediate effect".
Mr Hogg served as mayor of Newtownabbey from 2014-15.
He was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to local government.
