Former DUP leader Donaldson to renounce knighthood and Privy Council membership
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has moved to renounce and forfeit his knighthood and membership of the Privy Council.
It comes after calls from a number of political leaders for Donaldson to be stripped of the titles after he was convicted of 18 sexual offences.
Current DUP leader Gavin Robinson and Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows are among those who called for Donaldson’s knighthood and membership of the Privy Council to be removed.
On Monday, a jury of seven men and five women at Newry Crown Court unanimously found Donaldson, 63, guilty of 18 sexual offences, including one count of rape, against two women when they were children.
The offences were committed between 1985 and 2008.
The two victims gave evidence against him during the trial, during which Donaldson had denied the offences.
Judge Paul Ramsey told the former political leader that he can expect a “lengthy” prison term when he is sentenced.
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