Eleanor Donaldson given supervision order and placed on sex offenders' register
A jury found Eleanor Donaldson aided and abetted Jeffrey Donaldson’s abuse of two women as children, and the judge will decide her disposal.
- On Friday, Newry Crown Court placed Eleanor Donaldson, 60, on the sex offenders register for five years and issued a three-year supervision and treatment order requiring her to attend medical appointments and submit to treatment.
- Earlier this year, a jury found Eleanor Donaldson carried out acts of aiding and abetting Jeffrey Donaldson's offending after she was deemed medically unfit to participate in a conventional criminal trial. She faced a trial of facts instead.
- Jeffrey Donaldson was sentenced last month to 15 years in prison for 18 sex offenses against two women. Prosecuting barrister Rosemary Walsh KC noted that "pain permeated" throughout the statements from both victims, who attended Friday's hearing.
- Judge Paul Ramsey described the order as an "inevitable conclusion" after receiving unchallenged medical evidence. Eleanor Donaldson appeared briefly via videolink at Newry Crown Court, confirming she understood by saying "yes."
- Following the case, officials announced that senior judge Sir John Gillen will review the current law regarding trials of facts in Northern Ireland. He will examine procedures on unfitness to plead and trial processes.
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