DUP's Luke Poots reports BBC journalist to police for '˜harassment'
A DUP councillor has defended his actions following suggestions of impropriety over attempts to develop land at his home.
Luke Poots – son of DUP MLA Edwin Poots – said he has reported a BBC journalist to police for harassment, in the wake of a report which appeared to raise questions over a planning application relating to his property on the Comber Road in Hillsborough, Co Down.
The report revealed that the plans had been submitted in his mother’s maiden name rather than his own.
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Hide AdIt also alleged that Mr Poots approached a neighbouring landowner about buying a site access strip while serving as chair of the Lisburn and Castlereagh Council’s planning committee.