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Jeffrey Donaldson faces Metropolitan Police questioning in prison over assault claim

Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson will be questioned in prison by Metropolitan Police officers over an alleged sexual assault at Westminster in 2016.

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Metropolitan Police officers are to question former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson behind bars regarding a sexual assault claim, according to independent.ie and the Belfast Telegraph. Donaldson is accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside his House of Commons office in 2016. [1][3]

The Times previously reported that the former politician was jailed for 15 years. His imprisonment follows a conviction in June for 18 sex offences involving two children, including one count of rape, as FTMQ News reported earlier. As FTMQ News also reported, his wife Eleanor Donaldson was found to have aided and abetted the crimes following a trial of the facts. [4][9][10]

The Daily Mail reports that a For Sale sign stands outside Donaldson's former home, located 19 kilometres from his prison cell, where he lived for 22 years. [2]

Donaldson served as the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 2021 until 2024. He stepped down from his political leadership role following his initial arrest for child sex offences. [5]

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In short

  • Metropolitan Police plan to question Jeffrey Donaldson in prison over a 2016 Westminster sexual assault claim.
  • Donaldson is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his House of Commons office.
  • The former DUP leader was jailed for 15 years after being convicted of 18 sex offences.
  • Donaldson served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 2021 to 2024.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Jeffrey Donaldson to be questioned behind bars by Met Police over Westminster sex assault claimindependent.ie, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Jeffrey Donaldson was so confident he had conned the jury he believed he would walk free - now we reveal the new life he had planned for himself and his wife Eleanor in AfricaDaily Mail, 15h ago
  3. [3]Jeffrey Donaldson to be questioned behind bars by Met Police over Westminster sex assault claimBelfast Telegraph, 6h ago
  4. [4]Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson jailed for 15 yearsThe Times, 2d ago

Background

  1. [5]Jeffrey Donaldson on Wikipedia
  2. [6]Metropolitan Police on Wikipedia
  3. [7]International response to the MeToo movement on Wikipedia
  4. [8]Jeffrey Donaldson on Grokipedia
  5. [9]Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson faces sentencing for sexual abuse FTMQ News, 2d ago
  6. [10]Woman jailed for breaching anonymity order in Jeffrey Donaldson case FTMQ News, 5d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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