Donaldson found guilty of sex crimes & more today
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been convicted of 18 sex offenses, marking a major fall for the former power broker. Meanwhile, a Brazilian man wrongly issued a deportation order has finally been granted Irish citizenship, and the trial into the Parnell Square stabbings continues.
Jeffrey Donaldson faces prison after being found guilty of all 18 charges against him, including rape and gross indecency. His wife, Eleanor Donaldson, was also found by a jury to have committed the acts she was charged with, but she will not face a criminal conviction. She underwent a "trial of the facts" because she was deemed unfit to stand trial; this legal process determines if a person did the acts without officially finding them "guilty" in a criminal sense.
A Brazilian man has officially become an Irish citizen after a record-keeping error nearly saw him deported. Felipe Silva received his citizenship at a ceremony in Kerry today, ending a long period of legal uncertainty. His case gained national attention after it was revealed a deportation order had been wrongly attached to his identity by mistake.
In the trial of Riad Bouchaker, who is accused of the attempted murder of three children and a carer at Parnell Square in Dublin, jurors have been shown video of his initial police interviews. Mr. Bouchaker told gardaí (Irish police) that he did not want to kill anyone and described the incident as a "mistake."
A six-year-old girl, Kourtney Khloe McCormick, has died after being struck by a van in Newry, Co Down. The collision happened on Sunday, and police are currently investigating the circumstances of the accident.
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