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Eleanor Donaldson, pictured here in September 2024

ByLyndsey TelfordBBC News NI
  • Published5 hours ago

The wife of former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Donaldson has been placed under a supervision order for three years.

Appearing before Newry Crown Court, via video link, for the first time since 2025, a tearful Eleanor Donaldson was also told she would be placed on the sex offenders' register for five years.

When Judge Paul Ramsey asked if she understood that she would be subjected to a supervision treatment order (STO), she nodded her head and said "yes".