Whatever happens now, Donaldson will exit public life in a way no one could have imagined
He spent his career in the spotlight, but the world will see very different images of ex-DUP leader this week
Libel law prevents me from saying which Northern Ireland politician I thought most likely to ever sit in a dock facing criminal offences, but it most definitely was not Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
I’m still struggling to believe that someone I’ve known since I entered journalism will appear before Newry Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with historical sex crimes.
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