COUNCILLOR Ian Oakley appears to finally be edging towards the exit door after he resigned as chairman of a council committee.

The Northwood councillor resigned from the Conservative group in Hillingdon after he was arrested in July for his alleged involvement in a hate campaign against rival politicians in Watford.

Although the 31-year-old pleaded guilty to 75 offences of harassment, criminal damage and intimidation at St Albans Magistrates' Court last month, he still remains a independent councillor for Northwood.

However, he has at last resigned as chairman of the Residents & Environment Services Policy Committee.

He has also been replaced as a member of the Registration and Appeals Committee, the Social Services & Health and Housing Complaints Review Panel and the Disablement Association of Hillingdon (DASH).

He is due to appear at St Albans Magistrates for sentencing on Tuesday, September 16.