{"success":true,"data":{"id":"30280f07-8880-4e19-87dc-1e8a2eaa5587","title":"Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal conviction for sex offences","summary":"Light Dark Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal conviction for sex offences Rebecca BlackFriday 17 July 2026 23:01 BST Copy lin...","content":"Light Dark\n\n### Thank you for registering\n\nPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in\n\n# Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal conviction for sex offences\n\n[Rebecca Black](https://www.independent.co.uk/author/rebecca-black)Friday 17 July 2026 23:01 BST\n\n*   Copy link  \n\n## Bookmark popover\n\nRemoved from bookmarks\n\nClose popover\n\nPowered By\n\n10 Sec\n\n6.7K\n\n1\n\nFormer DUP Leader Jeffrey Donaldson And His Lawyers Arrive At Newry Crown Court Before He Is Found Guilty Of Rape\n\nNext video in\n\nNext\n\nKEEP WATCHING\n\nFormer DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and his lawyers arrive at Newry Crown Court before he is found guilty of rape\n\n*   Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to appeal his conviction for 18 sex offences, including one count of rape, which occurred last month. \n*   Donaldson, 63, was found guilty at Newry Crown Court of abusing two women when they were children. \n*   His solicitor, John McBurney, confirmed on Friday that appeal papers have been lodged with the relevant office for the Court of Appeal. \n*   The Northern Ireland Assembly has launched a review into alleged abuse or inappropriate behaviour by Jeffrey Donaldson at Parliament Buildings in Stormont. \n*   This review, requested by Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots, will run from 10 July to 21 August and aims to gather information from members, staff, and visitors, with a report due by 28 August. 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