Former Belfast City councillor Jolene Bunting has been disqualified after she was found to have breached the code of conduct.
By Lyndsey TelfordA former councillor found to have doctored a payslip in a bid to get money from a far-right group has been disqualified from becoming a councillor for three years.
Ms Bunting, who declined to attend the hearing, previously denied she was responsible for altering the image.'Sought to blame others' He added, however, that Ms Bunting's actions had not brought Belfast City Council itself into disrepute. Ms Best outlined "a plethora of aggravating factors" in the case, including Ms Bunting's "deliberate personal gain at public expense by exploiting her position of councillor".
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