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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 17Jeffrey Donaldson Appeals 18 Sex Offence Convictions Including 1 Rape Count
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 17Summary
- Donaldson's legal team filed papers with the Court of Appeal in Belfast on Friday seeking to overturn all 18 guilty verdicts.
- The appeal challenges convictions for sex abuse against two women, with the offences found to have been committed when they were children.
- Donaldson, the former DUP leader, is being held in Maghaberry Prison while awaiting sentencing after the convictions.
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As a top politician appeals 18 sex offence convictions, what legal arguments could possibly set him free? How has a leader's secret life of abuse permanently altered Northern Ireland's political landscape?