Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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Eleanor Donaldson, the wife of disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years and given a three-year supervision and treatment order (STO) by a judge at Newry Crown Court.
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Donaldson → place → Court
She was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offending following a trial of the facts at Newry Crown Court earlier this year.
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She → find → Court
At a hearing on Friday, Judge Paul Ramsey explained the court order to her when she appeared briefly on a remote link.
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she → explain → link
Former MP Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, was convicted in June of 18 sex offences, including one count of rape, relating to the abuse of two women when they were children.
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they → convict → women
The offences were committed between 1985 and 2008.
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offences → commit → 1985
He has been sentenced to 15 years and will serve half of that in jail.
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He → sentence → jail
Eleanor Donaldson, 60, from Dublinhill Road, Dromore, Co Down, faced a trial of the facts at the same time, after she was found unfit to participate in a conventional trial on mental health grounds.
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she → face → grounds
The jury found she had done the acts in relation to a number of charges of aiding and abetting Jeffrey Donaldson’s crimes, but she could not be found guilty or sent to prison.
She did not attend the court proceedings throughout the trial but was represented by a legal team.
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She → find → team
The court heard from two medical experts on recommendations for disposal.
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court → hear → disposal
Prosecuting barrister Rosemary Walsh KC then briefly set out the facts of the case and the impact on victims.
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KC → prosecute → victims
She said “pain permeated” throughout the statements from both of the victims.
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pain → say → victims
Judge Ramsey told the court that the medical evidence regarding Eleanor Donaldson was “unchallenged”.
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evidence → tell → Donaldson
He said he had received evidence from medical experts, a social worker and probation on the appropriate disposal.
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he → say → disposal
The judge said it was an “inevitable conclusion” that he impose an STO.
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he → say → STO
He said the order would last for three years.
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order → say → years
He then said he would explain the order to Eleanor Donaldson directly.
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he → say → Donaldson
She appeared on the link with her solicitor and kept her eyes closed and her head bowed as the judge addressed her.
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judge → appear → her
He told her she would be under the supervision of a social worker from the Craigavon Community Mental Health Team for three years.
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she → tell → years
He told her this would include her attending appointments, undergoing treatment and allowing the social worker to visit her at home
He told her she would be subject to the notification provisions of the sex offenders’ register for five years.
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she → tell → years
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When asked if she understood, she nodded her head and said “yes”.
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she → read → head
Eleanor Donaldson is appealing against the jury verdicts.
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Donaldson → appeal → verdicts
Jeffrey Donaldson is also appealing against his convictions.
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Donaldson → appeal → convictions
She said:.
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She → say → ?
“The women involved in this case have shown incredible bravery in coming forward to ensure the Donaldsons have both been held accountable.
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Donaldsons → involve → bravery
“We would urge anyone who has suffered child sexual abuse to come forward and seek support, no matter how much time has passed.
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time → urge → support
“We hope the outcome of this case highlights that they will be listened to and can achieve justice.”
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they → hope → justice
Following Eleanor Donaldson’s case, it was announced that a senior judge will review the current law around trial of facts in Northern Ireland.
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judge → follow → Ireland
Sir John Gillen will look at the law and procedures on unfitness to plead and trial of facts.
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Gillen → look → facts
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