# Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson jailed for 15 years for child sex offences

https://mins.news/en/video/101567

- BBC News, 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZLSJcz9VI

> Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist Party’s former leader, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex offences including rape. He was convicted in June of 18 offences against two women when they were children, between 1985 and 2008. The judge read statements describing the lasting impact on the victims.

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