{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6a26fceb401089d02d5a6e08?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Donaldson Trial: Jury hears denials during police interviews  ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1780939684903-20c6b6f3-bef5-4504-bae2-34819c6d36ec.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>“I can’t get my head around” the abuse allegations made by Witness B, Jeffrey Donaldson told police.&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></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”.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>“I wasn’t doing anything untoward,” Jeffrey Donaldson told police officers in relation to accusations made by Witness A.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Allison Morris was in court.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}