Former DUP leader attended hearing at Newry Magistrates’ Court
Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at Newry Magistrates' Court, for a preliminary enquiry, where he is charged with several sexual offences. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA WireMr Donaldson and his wife Eleanor Donaldson , both with an address in Dromore, Co Down, appeared at Newry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for a preliminary enquiry .
Mrs Donaldson faces five charges - abetting rape, cruelty to a person under 16 years old, and three counts of aiding and abetting indecent assault on dates between 1987 and 2008.Darragh Ó Sé: No need to cry a river for the departing Dubs - realistically, they won’t fall too far‘I care for my elderly parents, but my efforts are taken for granted – by them and my siblings’
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