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Former DUP leader in court over historic sex offence charges

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2024 ж. 23 Сәу.
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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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  • Donaldson made a career out of saying “ NO”!!!!! but it seems he didn’t actually understand the meaning of the word

    @Struieboy@Struieboy17 күн бұрын

    • Damn.

      @hghyfyfiugou4448@hghyfyfiugou444816 күн бұрын

    • The usual suspects freaky freaky 😮, season of exposure

      @hansonagbomedarho@hansonagbomedarho16 күн бұрын

    • Thick as a brick.

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

    @trevaudio@trevaudio17 күн бұрын

    • Down with that sort of thing 😶

      @windowman929@windowman92917 күн бұрын

    • “Careful now”

      @Powertoyah32@Powertoyah3217 күн бұрын

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

      @thedragonfly_93@thedragonfly_9317 күн бұрын

    • @@thedragonfly_93 that’s the whole point of the show!

      @Powertoyah32@Powertoyah3217 күн бұрын

    • Tip of the iceberg

      @stevenfountouris8029@stevenfountouris802917 күн бұрын

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

    @dynamolurgan1132@dynamolurgan113217 күн бұрын

    • It was truly finished when Paisley took the deal

      @kennethjackson3285@kennethjackson328516 күн бұрын

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

      @adamx1748@adamx174815 күн бұрын

  • Sir Jeffrey. Sir Jimmy the list gets bigger.

    @dannvd17@dannvd1717 күн бұрын

    • You forgot to mention the Duke of York

      @thepatriot4076@thepatriot407617 күн бұрын

    • Fish rots from the head Royal family

      @Puffball-ll1ly@Puffball-ll1ly17 күн бұрын

    • Prince Andrew. Mountbatten…….

      @BrianBoruma1014@BrianBoruma101417 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @northernirishguy3668@northernirishguy366816 күн бұрын

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

    @Prospro8@Prospro817 күн бұрын

  • Are there any normal, honest politicians anywhere?

    @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp17 күн бұрын

    • Nop🤷‍♀️

      @melluques8475@melluques847517 күн бұрын

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

      @loveanicefigure@loveanicefigure17 күн бұрын

    • the simple answer is NO

      @noriwilliams4637@noriwilliams463717 күн бұрын

    • Not in the Tory party that's for sure.

      @susansantapola@susansantapola16 күн бұрын

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

      @ElToro2000UK@ElToro2000UK16 күн бұрын

  • No support for Donaldson from family. Curious.

    @williem1710@williem171017 күн бұрын

    • 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.

      @TheAngrychipmunk96@TheAngrychipmunk9617 күн бұрын

    • @@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

      @dolier2802@dolier280217 күн бұрын

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

      @PMMMac-rt1un@PMMMac-rt1un17 күн бұрын

    • ​@@TheAngrychipmunk96111

      @MrWmclydesdale@MrWmclydesdale17 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176717 күн бұрын

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

    @gomey70@gomey7016 күн бұрын

  • Sir Jeffery Saville.

    @user-vg5rv5xf4u@user-vg5rv5xf4u17 күн бұрын

    • Now then, now then! Errierrierrierrierr!!

      @ElToro2000UK@ElToro2000UK16 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

  • 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.

    @Judgementday-qp1ol@Judgementday-qp1ol16 күн бұрын

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

    @caloricphlogistonandthelum4008@caloricphlogistonandthelum400817 күн бұрын

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

    @Murffytalk@Murffytalk17 күн бұрын

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

      @ElToro2000UK@ElToro2000UK16 күн бұрын

    • ​@@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 !!!

      @meichong8278@meichong827816 күн бұрын

  • Tiochfadh ar la.

    @robertknight5429@robertknight542917 күн бұрын

  • Human beings are weird

    @sararichardson737@sararichardson73717 күн бұрын

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

    @A.Gardener@A.Gardener17 күн бұрын

    • Why? Are they guilty already?

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

    • @@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?

      @A.Gardener@A.Gardener16 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @A.Gardener@A.Gardener16 күн бұрын

  • 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 .....

    @martinpye549@martinpye54917 күн бұрын

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

      @willyoueatmypussyplease3549@willyoueatmypussyplease354917 күн бұрын

    • 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 ?

      @anthonymitchell8893@anthonymitchell889317 күн бұрын

    • 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

      @jamesbradshaw3389@jamesbradshaw338917 күн бұрын

    • You've seen the evidence then?

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

    @madmaxx7738@madmaxx773817 күн бұрын

    • Another clairvoyant in the audience.

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

    • 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.

      @Kenny-tc6rg@Kenny-tc6rg13 күн бұрын

    • @@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.

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176713 күн бұрын

    • @@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.

      @Kenny-tc6rg@Kenny-tc6rg13 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176713 күн бұрын

  • I'm not surprised

    @jmcm8546@jmcm854617 күн бұрын

  • 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!

    @northernirishguy3668@northernirishguy366817 күн бұрын

  • tip of the iceberg

    @Chris-uk.@Chris-uk.17 күн бұрын

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

    @alexanderv7702@alexanderv770217 күн бұрын

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

    @megamus3@megamus317 күн бұрын

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

    @reamoinmcdonachadh9519@reamoinmcdonachadh951917 күн бұрын

    • 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

      @ellemarr7234@ellemarr723417 күн бұрын

    • How observant u are.

      @eileenboles8645@eileenboles864517 күн бұрын

    • @@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.

      @reamoinmcdonachadh9519@reamoinmcdonachadh951917 күн бұрын

    • ​@@reamoinmcdonachadh9519well said bravo

      @deirdreloughran8258@deirdreloughran825817 күн бұрын

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

      @LouisMenotti@LouisMenotti17 күн бұрын

  • Jeffrey is just A Clockwork Orange.

    @MrStoneyburke@MrStoneyburke17 күн бұрын

  • No smoke without fire.

    @seanocarolan359@seanocarolan35917 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

  • It's do or die for Ulster's lie!

    @alexanderv7702@alexanderv770217 күн бұрын

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

    @BrianBoruma1014@BrianBoruma101417 күн бұрын

  • Sir Eleanor Donaldson 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    @camsmith3526@camsmith352616 күн бұрын

  • UK gov reward for stopping Irish parliament.

    @jamiemoj597@jamiemoj59717 күн бұрын

  • 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.

    @ems4884@ems488414 күн бұрын

  • Why are the police's faces blurred out?

    @helicoptergunship@helicoptergunship17 күн бұрын

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

      @GerryAds@GerryAds17 күн бұрын

  • Enoch Powell's Bumboy

    @digitalsoldier3894@digitalsoldier389413 күн бұрын

  • Usual suspects…

    @jaylee3782@jaylee378217 күн бұрын

  • The spotlights will be shining in the south soon.

    @shanekingston7500@shanekingston750016 күн бұрын

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

    @kennethjackson3285@kennethjackson328516 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @kennethjackson3285@kennethjackson328516 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176715 күн бұрын

    • @@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

      @kennethjackson3285@kennethjackson328515 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176715 күн бұрын

  • 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

    @stevenfountouris8029@stevenfountouris802917 күн бұрын

    • You think he's guilty because?

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @stevenfountouris8029@stevenfountouris802916 күн бұрын

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

    @almamunro@almamunro17 күн бұрын

  • 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!

    @user-bp9wq6ll4i@user-bp9wq6ll4i13 күн бұрын

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

      @Blaze23557@Blaze235578 күн бұрын

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

    @mauricehawkins1278@mauricehawkins127817 күн бұрын

  • "Sir" Eleanor??? 😂

    @karldonald8150@karldonald815017 күн бұрын

  • More ladders than B&Q.

    @martinsmusic2223@martinsmusic222317 күн бұрын

  • The Usual suspects.

    @massedabdulaty319@massedabdulaty31917 күн бұрын

    • 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.

      @codswallop164@codswallop16417 күн бұрын

    • Adam’s family

      @compedious591@compedious59117 күн бұрын

  • He’s going down

    @bumberClart1000@bumberClart10004 күн бұрын

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

    @daireomaolain29@daireomaolain2916 күн бұрын

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

    @rashidahr4043@rashidahr404315 күн бұрын

  • Dirty donsldson

    @saoirse7098@saoirse709817 күн бұрын

  • Pillar of the church

    @jimhealy8790@jimhealy879017 күн бұрын

  • What's a historic charge?

    @RaiderKnight08@RaiderKnight0817 күн бұрын

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

      @daireomaolain29@daireomaolain2916 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

    @eltinmccarthy2469@eltinmccarthy246913 күн бұрын

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

    @paulconey252@paulconey25217 күн бұрын

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

    @geoffreylee5199@geoffreylee519917 күн бұрын

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

    @paulyeomans850@paulyeomans85016 күн бұрын

  • Sir Elena 😂

    @tonylegendradio@tonylegendradio17 күн бұрын

  • Mud sticks, whatever the eventual outcome of this case.

    @PMMMac-rt1un@PMMMac-rt1un17 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

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

      @user-wf3fh1jm5l@user-wf3fh1jm5l16 күн бұрын

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

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176716 күн бұрын

    • 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!

      @PMMMac-rt1un@PMMMac-rt1un15 күн бұрын

    • @@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.

      @davidhooper1767@davidhooper176715 күн бұрын

  • His one of many.....

    @discodave1747@discodave174716 күн бұрын

  • I'm getting the word........

    @devanwhitston7966@devanwhitston796617 күн бұрын

    • NONCE!

      @94leinad94@94leinad9417 күн бұрын

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

    @nonaynever4361@nonaynever436117 күн бұрын

  • 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

    @loxism72@loxism7217 күн бұрын

  • Sick couple!

    @ggunga7764@ggunga776416 күн бұрын

  • Disgrace to every1

    @davidmccallion3701@davidmccallion370116 күн бұрын

  • 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 🙏

    @user-cp4se1ji9b@user-cp4se1ji9b17 күн бұрын

  • shocking

    @kevinwilliams1768@kevinwilliams176817 күн бұрын

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

    @patrickburns574@patrickburns57416 күн бұрын

    • 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

      @jahwobble5214@jahwobble521416 күн бұрын

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

    @noriwilliams4637@noriwilliams463717 күн бұрын

  • Ground hog day

    @mohamad4609@mohamad460917 күн бұрын

  • Her word versus his…great evidence…

    @Paxanglorum@Paxanglorum17 күн бұрын

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

      @AB-lq1zd@AB-lq1zd16 күн бұрын

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

    @RJH1971@RJH197117 күн бұрын

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

    @ivanrlynn@ivanrlynn17 күн бұрын

    • I know right? Why??

      @helicoptergunship@helicoptergunship17 күн бұрын

    • 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?

      @GerryAds@GerryAds17 күн бұрын

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

      @colmmcdonnell6256@colmmcdonnell625617 күн бұрын

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

      @IrishTrueCrime@IrishTrueCrime17 күн бұрын

    • 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.

      @94leinad94@94leinad9417 күн бұрын

  • Jefffffffreyyyyyyyyyyy

    @James-th7wb@James-th7wb4 күн бұрын

  • G'wan Jeffrayyyyyyyyy

    @James-th7wb@James-th7wb4 күн бұрын

  • Just another example.of british colonial manipulation.

    @he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect16 күн бұрын

  • I’m saying guilty

    @richardlongmore9301@richardlongmore930117 күн бұрын

    • Guilty without trial seams to be the norm these days :(

      @favesongslist@favesongslist17 күн бұрын

    • @@favesongslist for some reason I’m pretty sure he is

      @richardlongmore9301@richardlongmore930116 күн бұрын

  • Nonce his own daughter

    @davygraham@davygraham17 күн бұрын

    • Or daughters - 2 victims (allegedly) 😱

      @859902@85990211 күн бұрын

    • @@859902 his niece

      @davygraham@davygraham10 күн бұрын

  • He should’ve identified as a trans 🏳️‍⚧️ map, The leftists would’ve embraced him….

    @dondraper2488@dondraper248817 күн бұрын

  • Rupublic of ireland says No, No No No. Oh no sir jeffery doest understand that word only with it comes to ulster. Animal

    @user-pe7px5su4b@user-pe7px5su4b17 күн бұрын
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