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Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of rape and indecent assault
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3:50Now PlayingFormer DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of multiple sexual offences including rape.
The 63-year-old was found guilty on all 18 counts of historical sex crimes against two women who were children at the time the offences occurred between 1985 and 2008.
He denied all the charges but the jury convicted him of rape, 13 indecent assaults and four counts of gross indecency.
Sky's Ireland correspondent Stephen Murphy reports from outside Newry Crown Court.
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