Ex-DUP chief faces new allegation of raping woman inside Westminster

The jailed former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, is facing a new allegation that he raped a woman inside the DUP’s Westminster offices in 2016. Donaldson, who last week received a 15-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two girls, is serving his punishment in an isolated wing for sex offenders in Northern Ireland’s Maghaberry Prison. Donaldson — who is tentatively scheduled for release by 2033 after serving half of his sentence — is appealing his conviction on 18 counts, including one of rape.