Police Ombudsman requested to probe what police knew about Jeffrey Donaldson
The Police Ombudsman has been requested to probe what police knew in terms of disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
Donaldson was convicted last week of 18 sexual offences, including one count of rape, against two women when they were children.
Over the last week questions have been asked around how much was known within the DUP about Donaldson’s wider conduct in the period prior to his 2024 arrest over sex abuse allegations.
The DUP on Friday announced it is commissioning a independent inquiry into revelations and who knew what.
BBC Spotlight reported that a police detective suspected that Donaldson could be a secret child abuser a year before he was named to police.
It reported that the detective and a child safeguarding expert suspected Donaldson following an exploratory meeting at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s...
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