Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal against child sex offence convictions

On Friday afternoon, his solicitor John McBurney said that papers have been lodged for an appeal

Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty last month. Picture: PA

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to launch an appeal after being convicted of a string of child sex offences.

The 63-year-old was convicted at Newry Crown Court last month of 18 sex offences, including one count of rape, relating to the abuse of two women when they were children.