{"id":346677,"date":"2026-05-26T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-in-court-for-start-of-sexual-offences-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:00:09","slug":"former-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-in-court-for-start-of-sexual-offences-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-in-court-for-start-of-sexual-offences-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson in court for start of sexual offences trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/MNlYaSHGoyw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson in court for start of sexual offences trial\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNlYaSHGoyw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The trial of the former leader of the DUP, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has begun.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>In court in Newry this morning he pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged historical sex offences.<\/p>\n<p>His wife Eleanor, who was charged with aiding and abetting her husband, has been ruled unfit to stand trial on mental health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Jeffrey resigned as party leader after his arrest in March 2024, just weeks after the DUP rejoined the devolved government in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of the former leader of the DUP, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has begun. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] In court in Newry this morning he pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged historical sex offences. His wife Eleanor, who was charged with aiding and abetting her husband, has been ruled unfit to stand trial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[128872,129019,130105],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-346677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-former","tag-leader","tag-trial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson in court for start of sexual offences trial | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson in court for start of sexual offences trial for free, here on News ISC. 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