Donaldson Trial: Jury hears denials during police interviews
From The BelTel by Belfast Telegraph
June 8, 2026 · 11 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the ongoing trial of Jeffrey Donaldson, focusing on his denials of abuse allegations during police interviews.
“I can’t get my head around” the abuse allegations made by Witness B, Jeffrey Donaldson told police. The tape of the former MP’s interview with the PSNI was played at his trial in Newry Crown Count on Monday morning. The jury also heard Donaldson deny that he apologised to Witness in the case because he thought it would “make this go away”. “I wasn’t doing anything untoward,” Jeffrey Donaldson told police officers in relation to accusations made by Witness A. Donaldson (63) is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. He denies all 18 alleged offences. There are two alleged victims, Complainant A and Complainant B. His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending. Allison Morris was in court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Topics covered
- trial
- abuse allegations
- legal proceedings
- testimony
- denials
- criminal charges
Keywords
- Donaldson Trial
- abuse allegations
- PSNI
- testimony
- criminal charges
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PSNI
Places: Newry, Dromore, Belfast
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