{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/6a273f0611db05645e287527?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Donaldson Trial: Jury hears denials during police interviews","description":"<p>“I can’t get my head around” the abuse allegations made by Witness B, Jeffrey Donaldson told police.</p><p><br></p><p>The tape of the former MP’s interview with the PSNI was played at his trial in Newry Crown Count on Monday morning.</p><p>The jury also heard Donaldson deny that he apologised to Witness in the case because he thought it would “make this go away”.</p><p><br></p><p>“I wasn’t doing anything untoward,” Jeffrey Donaldson told police officers in relation to accusations made by Witness A.</p><p><br></p><p>Donaldson (63) is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. He denies all 18 alleged offences. There are two alleged victims, Complainant A and Complainant B.</p><p>His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.</p><p><br></p><p>Allison Morris was in court.</p>","author_name":"Crime World"}