{"id":388221,"date":"2026-10-15T19:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-dup-leader-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-child-sex-abuse-jeffreydonaldson\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:00:03","slug":"former-dup-leader-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-child-sex-abuse-jeffreydonaldson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-dup-leader-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-child-sex-abuse-jeffreydonaldson\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DUP leader sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse #JeffreyDonaldson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w3lNWWYzb6I\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former DUP leader sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse #JeffreyDonaldson\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3lNWWYzb6I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Donaldson, formerly the Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and one of Northern Ireland&#8217;s most powerful politicians, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register.<\/p>\n<p>In June, he was convicted of 18 counts of child sex abuse, including rape.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the DUP said he &quot;deserves every day of the lengthy prison sentence&quot; and that its thoughts were with the victims.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/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>Jeffrey Donaldson, formerly the Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and one of Northern Ireland&#8217;s most powerful politicians, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register. 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