{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/6a199dc394ad36b32ef8433f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Wife planted bug in car over affair suspicions, court hears","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/1780078508380-d3faa2f2-5c2d-406d-bc84-215de52cb1af.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode was originally published by our sister podcast, The BelTel on May 29, 2026.</p><p>Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife planted a listening device in his car after becoming suspicious he was having affair with a constituent, a court in Newry has been told.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 63-year-old former MP in on trial in relation to 18 alleged historical sex offence charges, dating from 1985 to 2008 – including a charge of rape. He denies all of the charges against him.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>His wife Eleanor Donaldson, of Dublinhill Road, Dromore in Co Down, is charged with aiding and abetting. She denies the charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;She will not be in court and is facing a trial of the facts as she has been ruled medically unfit to stand trial.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Allison Morris was in court.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Crime World"}