Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Jury resumes deliberations on child sex charges
Jurors were sent home on Thursday night after failing to reach verdicts on child sex offence charges
Jeffrey Donaldson
Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Jury sent home, to resume deliberations on Friday
Judge tells jurors case turns on whether they accept complainants’ accounts or that of former DUP leader
Jeffrey Donaldson accusers ‘not sufficiently reliable’ for guilty verdict, jury told
Defence barrister for former DUP leader says jury of seven men and five women must ‘ignore the noise’ surrounding case
‘No reason’ why women who claim Jeffrey Donaldson sexually abused them would ‘lie’, court told
Prosecution barrister delivers closing arguments at former DUP leader’s sex offences trial in Newry
Defence closes case in Jeffrey Donaldson sex offences trial with no further witnesses called
Barrister for Eleanor Donaldson tells court wife of former DUP leader is ‘incapable of taking part’
Jeffrey Donaldson denies meeting with accuser was to ‘nip in the bud’ abuse allegations
Former DUP leader tells court Christian minister was ‘mistaken in his recollection’ of 1990s meeting
Inside court as Jeffrey Donaldson takes the stand
In the News podcast: ‘It just didn’t happen’ he tells court of sex abuse allegations
Jeffrey Donaldson says two women who accused him of sexual abuse are lying
Former DUP leader gives evidence in his defence at Newry trial
Eleanor Donaldson ‘horrified’ by claim she facilitated husband’s alleged rape of child, court hears
Police interviews with wife of former DUP leader accused of abuse played for jury
Jeffrey Donaldson told police alleged incident ‘absolutely categorically did not happen’
Jury heard recordings of police interviews made after DUP leader’s arrest in 2024
Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial
Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box
Trial hears Jeffrey Donaldson told teenager: ‘I am truly sorry. Please forgive me’
Founder of Christian Family Centre facilitated meeting between former DUP leader and complainant, Newry court told
Husband of woman who claims Jeffrey Donaldson abused her as child breaks down in court
Witness tells court how his wife confided in him about the alleged abuse: ‘I recognised this was massive for her’
Woman who claims she was abused by Jeffrey Donaldson blames herself for not going to police
Defence questions Complainant B about contact with former DUP leader as an adult
Rape will be ‘seared into my brain for rest of my life’, says alleged victim of Jeffrey Donaldson
Former DUP leader accused of rape, several counts of gross indecency and indecent assault
Eleanor Donaldson ‘did nothing’ after being told of incident with husband, court hears
Woman who accuses Jeffrey Donaldson of child sexual abuse said she was ‘terrified’ after incident
Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife had listening device planted in car due to suspicion of affair
Ex-DUP leader was ‘very clever man’ who would not admit to abuse in 2020 letter, complainant tells abuse trial
Jeffrey Donaldson sex abuse trial: What the jury has heard so far
In the News podcast: Inside Newry Crown Court as prosecution lays out its case
Jeffrey Donaldson told alleged victim he would ‘pray’ for her and was ‘seeking help from God’, trial hears
Letter written by former DUP leader ‘felt like an apology’, woman says
Prosecution case to open in Jeffrey Donaldson trial
Former DUP leader denies 18 sexual offence charges
Jury sworn in for sexual offences trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson
Prosecution to open case on Wednesday, with trial of facts of Eleanor Donaldson, accused of aiding and abetting, to run concurrently
Jeffrey Donaldson: consequential figure in four-decade political career before arrest
Former UUP man led Belfast Agreement walkout, broadening DUP’s support base
Jeffrey Donaldson’s sex offences trial set to start in Newry
In the News podcast: Eleanor Donaldson ruled unfit to stand trial on medical grounds
Jeffrey Donaldson’s sex offences trial to run alongside wife’s case
Eleanor Donaldson was ruled unfit to stand trial on the basis of medical evidence and will instead face ‘trial of the facts’
Jeffrey Donaldson trial ‘on track’ to start next week, judge says
Trial, which was due to begin in March 2025, has been postponed twice due to deterioration in Eleanor Donaldson’s mental health
Jeffrey Donaldson trial on historical sex offences ‘expected’ to proceed this month
Further medical evidence is expected regarding the fitness of Eleanor Donaldson to stand trial
Trial of Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson on child sex offences expected to begin in May
Proceedings expected to last four weeks after delays due to deterioration in the mental health of Eleanor
Court awaits delayed medical report in Eleanor Donaldson trial
Co-accused Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as DUP leader after his arrest in March 2024
‘Genuine medical issues’ delaying trial of Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson, judge says
Former DUP leader has pleaded not guilty to 18 historic sex offences while his wife denies five counts of aiding and abetting
Jeffrey Donaldson trial may not take place until next year, judge says
Trial due to begin in November but further medical assessments are required for co-accused Eleanor Donaldson
Jeffrey Donaldson case: Judge to decide later this month if trial can go ahead in November
Former DUP leader and wife Eleanor are accused of sexual offences
Eleanor Donaldson requires further pre-trial medical assessment, court hears
Judge signals wish to proceed with Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson trial date in early November
Rev Martin Smyth obituary: Staunchly anti-agreement former Ulster Unionist MP and Orange Order leader
He tried to implicate Charles Haughey in an IRA gun-running plot during the 1980s
Psychiatrist report on Eleanor Donaldson’s health expected on Monday
Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to five counts of aiding and abetting over charges faced by Jeffrey Donaldson
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