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

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.

The Metropolitan Police in London said Wednesday it has opened its own investigation after receiving an evidence file from Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives, who interviewed the woman on October 13.