JJ Magee suspended over alleged inappropriate online messages

The KRW Law statement added that JJ Magee had lodged a 38 page rebuttal to a complaint which had been lodged with the NI Local Government Commissioner for Standards.

The statement also confirmed that councillor Magee did not alert Sinn Féin to the complaint as he believed there was no substance to it and that it would be quickly resolved once all the facts were provided.

It added that their client looks forward to “having his good name restored”.

Kearney said that the allegation made against JJ Magee has been forwarded to social services and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in compliance with the party’s children safeguarding policy.

Sinn Féin said it would be making no further comment as the matter is “under active investigation by the appropriate authorities”.