Sexual assault by ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson left witness, then 11, ‘feeling sick’, trial hears

Former MP charged with 18 sexual offences involving two alleged victims, and his wife charged with aiding and abetting

Jeffrey Donaldson sexually assaulted a child and apologised to her years later at a church-brokered meeting, a court has heard.

The former MP and Democratic Unionist party leader allegedly committed the abuse with complicity from his wife, Eleanor Donaldson, a prosecutor told Newry crown court, in County Down, on Wednesday.