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Jeffrey Donaldson dominated unionism in Northern Ireland for decades. Now the former DUP leader is a convicted child sex offender, beginning a 15-year prison term.
He was one of the country’s most powerful politicians, a knight of the realm, respected and whose influence was feared in the corridors of Westminster, Stormont and beyond.
One of his victims told the court: “those responsible do not control me now. They forever changed me, but they will not take my future”.
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