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Jury sent out to consider verdicts in Jeffrey Donaldson's sex abuse trial

BBC News · Jun 18, 2026, 11:38 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former Democratic Unionist Party leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.

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