DUP distances itself from Jeffrey Donaldson after child sexual offense conviction
The Democratic Unionist Party has denounced its former leader Jeffrey Donaldson as a 'wicked deceiver' after his conviction for child sexual offenses, while the British government dismissed claims that knowledge of his offending was used as leverage in Northern Ireland power-sharing talks.
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DUP seeks to distance party from ‘wicked deceiver’ Jeffrey Donaldson
Denunciation comes after former Democratic Unionist leader convicted of child sexual offences The Democratic Unionist party has denounced Jeffrey Donaldson as a “wicked deceiver” who led a “double and duplicitous life” a day after its former leader was convicted of child sexual offences. Leaders at the Stormont assembly on Tuesday sought to distance the DUP from Donaldson and described him as a manipulator who hoodwinked Northern Ireland and hid his crimes behind a facade of respectability an...
By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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The British government has described claims that it may have used knowledge of Jeffrey Donaldson's sex offending as "leverage" in a deal to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland in 2024 as "deeply distasteful and absolute nonsense".
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