{"id":663931,"date":"2026-06-29T07:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663931\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:10:15","slug":"paedophile-ex-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-expected-to-appeal-child-abuse-and-rape-convictions-belfast-telegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663931\/","title":{"rendered":"Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson expected to appeal child abuse and rape convictions &#8211; Belfast Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxNS1dXTFBVcjh0blVVSzNubzJpcEFreU9LS1NLb1Bia21xRXBFZnJYY0hDMDZFaTBwNXgwSlNwWWczZ1FJX2tudFV2THRoTDZiaVp0M1dWWGhfRm9rTkpZTUFGcHBxaVF4UjM0aVRtTTczbzY5aG1ROFFIWjFqcVk4b1JuSnU0cDhRdW5ncnhJdXRvZmFXMTdoLWVOQW52bFg3WEpyU1dhQll4RnJ6M2tFRGE0ejZBNlhLSWtkZ0lFN2tEZ1FVQVA4bDdaY3VwR0UxNFFVVzdkdE5aTFBkRGdDX2tocHo3bXYyVXJGdHpYR2J4TndKTTRoNDlhQ1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson expected to appeal child abuse and rape convictions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9Cd2VFX3gteXdLY1hIUC15YlpBM1lSMmhvUHd3N3NxRmlfRFBqZWg5WFNVdnNKb3huVF9OQU9ZQzRFTEZ3Mlg4dWlQaFIySkZOYmdHblN6Y2pXR2ky?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeffrey Donaldson: Stormont seeks answers on DUP safeguarding<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1jSkNKeDFKUEJiNnhiN053YUtIQkhLNGZ6b0p2YUtNaWp0dmJ6R1huWGFzbzE0bGFOV211R0FxdUg2bk42bExwc3hLclNPenlBa05yd3RuSURZUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A gay sauna visit and an &#8216;exploited&#8217; young woman \u2013 the double life of Jeffrey Donaldson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxObk14OG51blFCSFU5SnZiVXVkT19IWDJ6M01kQmY4MFhrSmZmXzJkczdxNzBqSUlqSzI5RDRQY2xKZXY2aGFFeFZ5NHEwbjNOU19aYXpVY3NReGtQdk5RQXFmTWIzbWlqUWdCMVdWa09mV2hJcnFIQ3ZwSTlsVHdGQkdmNG5rNy10Z2E1NTJ3OW5ZQzZLUHAtNEJ3QnhIRTExMVl4Z2ZsOU5tTXhxdzZlM3dDWk1QeDhEVjJOLVVCUEdQSFRNVjRxTTR1Vmx5VDhWeWF0UWppLTJuS0hhSzlzWkhucTJTb3BBLTZkbjF2RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The DUP\u2019s darkest hour: Exposure of Jeffrey Donaldson\u2019s double life leaves party in deep crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQRURLSEdMM2wzTENJN3NRYm5DUWgweGtlRmFvT1p6VmlLX3hucWRlc0x0WmtoSUJiNEpzNjZWMjFVX2VSZ294eURsbHlNREgzWGhDWDd0aDhBRlR2dG5INnZJazBxZnlqRXhpd1dGc2ZzMTBfbnh5ckRnZHlfU3FraVJNN3dINGZaZFRjcEd3alZEY2FlUEFvTl9CUU12c0g0RU1ZSV8yd0UtZ3NlR1F1SUFfUHN0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeffrey Donaldson was a dangerous predator. Where is Belfast\u2019s anger now?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Observer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson expected to appeal child abuse and rape convictions&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast TelegraphJeffrey Donaldson: Stormont seeks answers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}