# Former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party sentenced to 15 years for sex abuse

https://mins.news/en/item/101252

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-15 10:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4dHXev7

> The former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for raping and sexually abusing two girls decades ago.

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