Mr Gordon considered that the wording was an unreasonable personal attack on Ms O’Neill with a 'misogynistic' tone.
A DUP councillor has been suspended for three months by a standards watchdog over a Facebook comment in which he said Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill would be "put back in her kennel".
Acting Commissioner Ian Gordon decided that Mr Carson had breached the councillors' code of conduct by making an "abusive" comment.Instead, Mr Gordon considered that the wording was an unreasonable personal attack on Ms O’Neill with a "misogynistic" tone. He also found that Mr Carson had failed to comply with the 'respect principle' which underpins the code.
However, the commissioner felt the apology was "half-hearted" and not a personal apology to Ms O’Neill. He concluded that the councillor had not shown meaningful hindsight into his actions.
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