Prosecutor outlines case against former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson

Ex-MP is charged with 18 sexual offences involving two alleged victims, and his wife with aiding and abetting

Jeffrey Donaldson sexually assaulted a child and years later apologised to her at a church-brokered meeting, a court has heard.

The former MP and Democratic Unionist party leader allegedly committed the abuse with complicity from his wife, Eleanor Donaldson, a prosecutor told Newry crown court in County Down on Wednesday.