Why the fallout from Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction keeps growing
Jeffrey Donaldson is in Maghaberry prison outside Belfast awaiting sentencing for 18 child sex offences, including rape.
If the disgraced politician thought that the blanket media coverage of his trial in June would stop once the jury gave its verdict, he was wrong.
He is still making daily headlines in Northern Ireland as shocking stories of his past behaviour emerge; – ones that throw further light on the vast gulf between his carefully curated public persona as a pious, teetotal Christian and family man, and the reality.
Four inquiries are being conducted into his actions while in the…
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