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    A brief hearing but chaotic scenes as Jeffrey Donaldson makes first court appearance

    by Jonathan McCambridge Apr 24, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    There were barely 10 minutes between Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife Lady Eleanor entering the dock at Court Three in Newry Magistrates’ Court and being led out again.

    After weeks of headlines and the aftershocks of a political earthquake like never before in Northern Ireland, the first court appearance for the former DUP leader was brief and nondescript.

    However, the formal proceedings inside the tiny wood-panelled were in contrast to the chaotic scenes on

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