A psychiatrist caught up in the storm of controversy over anti-gay remarks by the DUP's Iris Robinson has temporarily stood down from his job at a Belfast hospital.

Dr Paul Miller has also resigned his role as a part-time adviser to Mrs Robinson.

In June, Stranford MP caused a storm when she said homosexuality was an abomination and she had a psychiatrist working in her office who had "cured" gay people.

Other psychiatrists distanced themselves from these views, saying homosexuality was not an illness and did not require medical treatment.

Neither Dr Miller nor the DUP are commenting on reports that he has taken a career break from a north Belfast hospital and has stepped down as Mrs Robinson's adviser.