Jeffrey Donaldson Guilty of 18 Sex Offenses Against Minor in UK Trial
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 22
Jeffrey Donaldson Guilty of 18 Sex Offenses Against Minor in UK Trial
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 22
Summary
A UK jury on Monday convicted former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, of raping a minor after finding him guilty on 18 charges.
The verdict covered one count of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency tied to offenses alleged between 1985 and 2008.
Donaldson had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which brought down one of Northern Ireland's most prominent political figures.
The case marks a dramatic fall for a politician who had been a leading figure in Northern Irish politics and a former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.