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PSNI officer 'had intelligence on Donaldson abuse a year before complaint'
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- PA Media Image caption, Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of 18 sex abuse charges earlier this month.
- A BBC investigation was told that the detective and a child safeguarding expert identified Donaldson after speaking to the victim, known in the recent sex abuse trial as Complainant A.
- A former senior police officer has told the BBC that such suspicions should have been passed to the chief constable.
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PA Media Image caption, Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of 18 sex abuse charges earlier this month. A police detective suspected that Jeffrey Donaldson could be a secret child abuser a year before he was named to police, it has been claimed.
A BBC investigation was told that the detective and a child safeguarding expert identified Donaldson after speaking to the victim, known in the recent sex abuse trial as Complainant A.
A former senior police officer has told the BBC that such suspicions should have been passed to the chief constable.
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