Woman who alleges Jeffrey Donaldson rape ‘tried not to be a victim’, court hears

The woman, known as complainant B, is the older of two alleged victims who have accused the former DUP leader of sexual abuse

Jeffrey Donaldson arriving at Newry Crown Court, where he and his wife Eleanor Donaldson are accused of historical sexual offences. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A woman who claims she was raped as a child by Jeffrey Donaldson has said she should have brought the alleged abuse to police years earlier but had “tried not to be a victim”.

Continuing to give evidence at Newry Crown Court, the woman also denied she had raised the allegations as a teenager as a way of getting out of attending a Christian centre in Co Antrim.