{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6a19cef2f2cdbf59539dcecd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Donaldson Trial: Wife planted bug in MP’s car over suspicions of an affair, Newry court hears ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1780076207251-768d031d-7641-4b5b-b0d8-2b6756195f05.jpeg?height=200","description":"<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><br></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><br></p><p>Allison Morris was in court.</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}