Former DUP leader in court over historic sex offence charges

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Amid high security, the man who was the leader of Northern Ireland's second political party until last month, today appeared at Newry Magistrates Court.
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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who resigned as DUP leader after being charged last month, was at court to face a charge of rape and 10 other sexual offences.
His wife Lady Eleanor was also charged with aiding and abetting in relation to the alleged crimes. Neither of them entered a plea.
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@Struieboy 23 дня назад

Donaldson made a career out of saying “ NO”!!!!! but it seems he didn’t actually understand the meaning of the word

@hghyfyfiugou4448 23 дня назад

Damn.

@hansonagbomedarho 23 дня назад

The usual suspects freaky freaky 😮, season of exposure

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

Thick as a brick.

@trevaudio 23 дня назад

“Those Protestants, up to no good as usual”….Fr. Ted !!

@windowman929 23 дня назад

Down with that sort of thing 😶

@Powertoyah32 23 дня назад

“Careful now”

@thedragonfly1993 23 дня назад

The irony that was said by a Catholic priest is not lost on me.

@Powertoyah32 23 дня назад

@@thedragonfly1993 that’s the whole point of the show!

@stevenfountouris8029 23 дня назад

Tip of the iceberg

@dynamolurgan1132 23 дня назад

He was the last hope for Unionism in Ireland. The Orange State is truly finished.

@kennethjackson3285 23 дня назад

It was truly finished when Paisley took the deal

@adamx1748 21 день назад

The orange order is a cult, jeffrey is typical of its members

@dannvd17 23 дня назад

Sir Jeffrey. Sir Jimmy the list gets bigger.

@thepatriot4076 23 дня назад

You forgot to mention the Duke of York

@Puffball-ll1ly 23 дня назад

Fish rots from the head Royal family

@BrianBoruma1014 23 дня назад

Prince Andrew. Mountbatten…….

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@thepatriot4076Did he get convicted of any crime? That woman just wanted cash.

@northernirishguy3668 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 why hide for 8 months avoiding court documents and then pay £12million if it was a cash grab?

@Prospro8 23 дня назад

'His wife and co-accused, Sir Eleanor Donaldson...'.0:22 Blimey, that adds a new dimension. Journalists aren't what they used to be.

@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp 23 дня назад

Are there any normal, honest politicians anywhere?

@melluques8475 23 дня назад

Nop🤷‍♀️

@loveanicefigure 23 дня назад

In very low levels. Only wef stooges at higher levels.

@noriwilliams4637 23 дня назад

the simple answer is NO

@susansantapola 23 дня назад

Not in the Tory party that's for sure.

@ElToro2000UK 23 дня назад

Yes, Nigel Farage (The best Prime Minister we haven't had, yet)!

@williem1710 23 дня назад

No support for Donaldson from family. Curious.

@TheAngrychipmunk96 23 дня назад

Considering his wife is co accused, and the accusations come from two women (Donaldson has two daughters) - I think the dots can be connected. What a vile human.

@dolier2802 23 дня назад

@@TheAngrychipmunk96 As local rumours have it (Ones which seem to be becoming more concrete each passing day), only 1 daughter has come forward, the other person he "Alledgedly" did his vile acts to was his very own niece, so not any better at all That being said, who knows how many people he has affected that have not come forward

@PMMMac-rt1un 23 дня назад

Everyone outside of the family were completely blindsided by these shocking allegations. That’s very unusual, unless of course…..

@MrWmclydesdale 23 дня назад

@@TheAngrychipmunk96111

@davidhooper1767 23 дня назад

You seem to think that makes him and his wife guilty.Strange.

@user-vg5rv5xf4u 23 дня назад

Sir Jeffery Saville.

@ElToro2000UK 23 дня назад

Now then, now then! Errierrierrierrierr!!

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

Did saville get convicted? Oh that's right witnesses refused to give evidence.

@gomey70 23 дня назад

Honestly, none of this is surprising. It's always the moralizing religious types.

@Murffytalk 23 дня назад

Sounds like a Fred and Rosemary West scenario, the wife helping him!!!!!!!!

@ElToro2000UK 23 дня назад

Experts say, that for every Fred and Rose West the authorities know about, there are another five out there, who haven't been discovered.

@meichong8278 23 дня назад

@@ElToro2000UKSome experts have been saying for years puberty blockers are perfectly safe .....other " experts " said a recent jab + its many many boosters was likewise .... safe , experts arent what they used to be !!!

@Judgementday-qp1ol 22 дня назад

This should finish the Orange Order surely, especially after the mocking song being written and sung of a young Christian school teacher murdered out foreign on her honeymoon. Shameful.

@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008 23 дня назад

Yeah; but she did tell him she was a 17 year-old dinosaur.

@sararichardson737 23 дня назад

Human beings are weird

@robertknight5429 23 дня назад

Tiochfadh ar la.

@martinpye549 23 дня назад

This isn't going to end well. There seems to be a LOT of evidence. £350 bail ? I threw a plastic cup at a Stoke City match against Leicester, and my bail was £500. Although , I'm not a Sir, nor a lady .....

@willyoueatmypussyplease3549 23 дня назад

Court's did you over big time if they fined you that much, a plastic cup too...

@anthonymitchell8893 23 дня назад

thanks Martin you forgot to mention the urine in the cup you threw over my 6 year old son i hope your proud of yourself youth ?

@jamesbradshaw3389 23 дня назад

Have you noticed that the No ,No No ,No, Never Never, Never one lives in Old London Town, he lives to close to Buckingham Place

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

You've seen the evidence then?

@jmcm8546 23 дня назад

I'm not surprised

@megamus3 23 дня назад

He'll be saved by...oh that's right, he's already " saved".

@A.Gardener 23 дня назад

0:18 " His wis and co accused Sir Eleanor Donaldson". I don't think either of them should be called " Sir".

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

Why? Are they guilty already?

@A.Gardener 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 yes, they committed these crimes years ago. The court is really just formality. Look how he's being treated, he's out on £350 bail, allowed to leave the country and is still addressed as Sir. Anyway, my comment doesn't mention that I think they are guilty, does it? I was wondering why the reported called his wife Sir and not Lady?

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@A.Gardener The court is just a formality? He was knighted so he's called sir.

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@A.Gardener A reporter that had too much PC training.How much bail should it be?

@A.Gardener 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 like Sir Jimmy Savile. I know. People who did what he has done still get their day in court.

@northernirishguy3668 23 дня назад

Everyone in the political arena knew about it. I hear next bbc ni is to be raided 2 board members and 1 high profile talent are next on the list that has been banded about for years! Apparently the list is astonishing but not surprising!

@madmaxx7738 23 дня назад

And when hes found guilty he will still be treat like royalty fucking beast.

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

Another clairvoyant in the audience.

@Kenny-tc6rg 20 дней назад

Walks in without handcuffs, gets released on a £350 bail for fiddling with his child and niece. If you have a title you're treated like a victim of being caught.

@davidhooper1767 19 дней назад

@@Kenny-tc6rg Why should he be in handcuffs? As he wasn't offering violence would it be reasonable force to use them? These are allegations so why should he not get bail? Again you've assumed he's guilty.

@Kenny-tc6rg 19 дней назад

@@davidhooper1767 i assume nothing. His action's show his guilt. If you were innocent would you leave ur position? To molest a child be it your own or another has to be the most despicable act a man or woman can commit in their life time. Here you are defending him, I can't think why anyone who isn't Jeffery would try to defend him.

@davidhooper1767 19 дней назад

@@Kenny-tc6rg Don't you mean assume?

@Chris-uk. 23 дня назад

tip of the iceberg

@MrStoneyburke 23 дня назад

Jeffrey is just A Clockwork Orange.

@alexanderv7702 23 дня назад

We ahall all stand before the Judgment Seat of the Christ.

@alexanderv7702 23 дня назад

It's do or die for Ulster's lie!

@camsmith3526 23 дня назад

Sir Eleanor Donaldson 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@reamoinmcdonachadh9519 23 дня назад

If true, then it goes to show there is no difference between between a Protestant and a Catholic when it comes to sexual deviancy!!

@ellemarr7234 23 дня назад

Are we surprised the bootlicker is hypocritical? He resembles his English masters (denial, gross abuse of power, tantrums, lying, playing politics with an entire population). Typical

@eileenboles8645 23 дня назад

How observant u are.

@reamoinmcdonachadh9519 23 дня назад

@@eileenboles8645 When both communities operate on a level of hypocrisy in terms of 'knowing' but averted eyes, 'hearing' but selectively closed ears, and 'silence' when gossipy tongues are wagging when it comes to the "foibles" of the so called great and the good, it is REFRESHING to see that justice can be served, whether a Catholic Bishop/Priest or a Protestant Politician.

@deirdreloughran8258 23 дня назад

@@reamoinmcdonachadh9519well said bravo

@LouisMenotti 23 дня назад

True. The loyalist and British establishment with Kincora. The IRA had their abuse scandals also.

@seanocarolan359 23 дня назад

No smoke without fire.

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

Did you think that up yourself or did your mum help?

@helicoptergunship 23 дня назад

Why are the police's faces blurred out?

@GerryAds 23 дня назад

For security reasons I would imagine. Being a copper in Norn Iron can be very dangerous for your health.

@ems4884 20 дней назад

The DUP always had a fundamental character flaw. I'm entirely neutral on the Northern Ireland question, but that much was very clear to me a long time ago. I once met one of Ian Paisley's grandchildren. He was clearly a trauma victim.

@jamiemoj597 23 дня назад

UK gov reward for stopping Irish parliament.

@BrianBoruma1014 23 дня назад

His Mentor was Enoch Powell. What did you expect. It was only a matter of time.

@shanekingston7500 22 дня назад

The spotlights will be shining in the south soon.

@digitalsoldier3894 19 дней назад

Enoch Powell's Bumboy

@stevenfountouris8029 23 дня назад

Truly disgusting and he would have been protected the whole of his career in politics and the man was never fit enough and take his knighthood from him

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

You think he's guilty because?

@stevenfountouris8029 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 he is a nonce like most of his ilk are you one also???

@mauricehawkins1278 23 дня назад

Grammar....not historic....should be historical

@kennethjackson3285 23 дня назад

And only £350 bail 1 rule thee and 1 rule for me

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

If they thought he was a danger to anyone he'd be remanded.

@kennethjackson3285 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 but it you or me did that it wouldn't be 350 bail trust me

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@kennethjackson3285No I won't trust you because you're assuming that you haven't produced any facts.

@kennethjackson3285 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 the facts is one rule of thee and one rule for me and how can you think 350£ is enough off a bail for any type of that crime

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@kennethjackson3285That isn't a fact it's just waffle.He hasn't been found guilty that's the point of bail.

@jaylee3782 23 дня назад

Usual suspects…

@almamunro 23 дня назад

Why was there an extraordinary number of cameras...outside coat?

@karldonald8150 23 дня назад

"Sir" Eleanor??? 😂

@martinsmusic2223 23 дня назад

More ladders than B&Q.

@RobertJones-st3wj 3 дня назад

His pal Ian Paisley was always critical of abuse in the Catholic Church turns out he was a hypocrite

@user-bp9wq6ll4i 19 дней назад

Men cannot even hug a woman these days for fear of accusation. We all need a good old Carry On film to cheer us all up and give us back some liberation. Mary Whitehouse has got her way! We now are turning puritan and judgemental. None of us know what really occured now do we? The word historic makes me sceptical. It makes no sense to me that accusers come forward years later and I truly believe that victims of rape would report such trauma pretty darn quickly!

@Blaze23557 14 дней назад

Not if you were a child,and mummy covering for the perpetrator…who knows.

@rashidahr4043 21 день назад

I'm no fan of him but I was shocked to hear this I can't believe it really.

@daireomaolain29 22 дня назад

Weird how as soon as the dup loses power all this comes out somethings definitely up

@RaiderKnight08 23 дня назад

What's a historic charge?

@daireomaolain29 22 дня назад

A charge that is a big deal for our politics and greater history

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

One that happened decades ago.But they'll have tons of evidence from??

@bumberClart1000 10 дней назад

He’s going down

@jimhealy8790 23 дня назад

Pillar of the church

@massedabdulaty319 23 дня назад

The Usual suspects.

@codswallop164 23 дня назад

You need to adjust the brightness on you're device..... He's not one of the inbred brown types to be making comments like that.

@compedious591 23 дня назад

Adam’s family

@tonylegendradio 23 дня назад

Sir Elena 😂

@devanwhitston7966 23 дня назад

I'm getting the word........

@94leinad94 23 дня назад

NONCE!

@saoirse7098 23 дня назад

Dirty donsldson

@geoffreylee5199 23 дня назад

Stormont is the name of the Official Residence of the Leader of Loyal Opposition in Canada 🇨🇦 which is located in Ottawa, Ontario.

@discodave1747 22 дня назад

His one of many.....

@paulyeomans850 22 дня назад

Aye Aye!Whats going on here then!Another dodgy politician.

@PMMMac-rt1un 23 дня назад

Mud sticks, whatever the eventual outcome of this case.

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

So if he's found not guilty you'll still say he's guilty?

@user-wf3fh1jm5l 22 дня назад

@@davidhooper1767 What? I didn't say he's guilty! I suggest you look up the meaning of 'mud sticks' 🙄

@davidhooper1767 22 дня назад

@@user-wf3fh1jm5lIt means no matter what happens people believe the opposite.😮

@PMMMac-rt1un 21 день назад

Exactly, and many ‘people’ will, whether he's innocent or not, because mud sticks. I have no idea whether there’s any truth to the allegations but my point is unless his accusers withdraw their accusations then there’ll always be people who’ll associate him with them, even if a jury finds him not guilty. I guess time will tell!

@davidhooper1767 21 день назад

@@PMMMac-rt1un It's a psychological programming device.You read the papers and watch the news all with a bias against a defendant and even if the charges are withdrawn people think they're guilty.If a person is found not guilty and people start gossip then defamation laws are a remedy.

@eltinmccarthy2469 19 дней назад

Victims of rape..... says No! also.

@ggunga7764 23 дня назад

Sick couple!

@paulconey252 23 дня назад

That lettuce stuck up the back of geofferys trousers was only the tip of the ice burg.

@patrickburns574 23 дня назад

Will his Knighhood be removed if hes found guilty? Youd like to think a knight of the realm wouldnt behave so.

@jahwobble5214 22 дня назад

are you kidding me?? So many British politicians ( and Irish ones) are corrupt but its one thing fiddling your expenses alleged child abuse is another

@davidmccallion3701 23 дня назад

Disgrace to every1

@noriwilliams4637 23 дня назад

Lets hope Karma gets his ......... side

@mohamad4609 23 дня назад

Ground hog day

@kevinwilliams1768 23 дня назад

shocking

@RJH1971 23 дня назад

"I'm getting the word..." #clintonbaptiste

@nonaynever4361 23 дня назад

Innocent until proven guilty. He might have mistaken Ulster says No, for her saying No I’m under sixteen.

@loxism72 23 дня назад

It seems to get called a title you need to be a nonce. Sir Jimmy, Sir Jeffrey, Lord Mountbatten, Lord Janner, etc etc. Wonder if he was a regular at Kincora House like lord Mountbatten

@user-cp4se1ji9b 23 дня назад

Satan and his satanic forces in this dark world we live in we need the holy rosary of our blessed mother to defeat this evil 🙏

@James-th7wb 10 дней назад

Jefffffffreyyyyyyyyyyy

@Paxanglorum 23 дня назад

Her word versus his…great evidence…

@AB-lq1zd 23 дня назад

There is two of them. The MO's will be compared. Wife might flip too do a deal.. Jeff says Nooooooooooo!!!

@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect 23 дня назад

Just another example.of british colonial manipulation.

@James-th7wb 10 дней назад

G'wan Jeffrayyyyyyyyy

@ivanrlynn 23 дня назад

It’s been a long time since I’ve disliked a video, blurring Law Enforcement in the course of duty…. WTF?

@helicoptergunship 23 дня назад

I know right? Why??

@GerryAds 23 дня назад

Not from Northern Ireland then I take it. Being a copper in Norn Iron is a lot more dangerous than being a copper in England, Scotland or Wales. How many coppers on the “mainland” have to check their cars in the morning for IED’s just because they work in law enforcement?

@colmmcdonnell6256 23 дня назад

Sir Jeff sir jimmy Saville. It’s a pattern sir

@IrishTrueCrime 23 дня назад

Over here, you get killed for being a cop, mate.

@94leinad94 23 дня назад

Northern Ireland police officers are very high risk of being murdered by republican and IRA splinter groups so they cannot have their identity on national TV because it reveals their identity and makes it more likely someone could tip off where they live and their address.