{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6a21b692be8560e74b3066cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Donaldson Trial: Court hears Jeffery Donaldson ‘sent WhatsApp to minister saying he wanted to repent’ ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1780593491943-3e699df4-0349-4bcc-9b44-08591938da36.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Newry Crown Court has heard Jeffrey Donaldson sent a message to a minister supporting one of his alleged victims, saying he wanted to “repent before them as he had before God.”&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The husband of an alleged victim in the abuse trial has broken down as he gave evidence on Thursday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>63-year-old former MP Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to all the 18 charges he is facing, they include rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault.&nbsp;His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, County Down denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.&nbsp;&nbsp;She is facing a trial of the facts.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}