# “Donaldson was a fraud”: Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen react as Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of sex offences Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne-breen-react-as-jeffrey-donaldson-found-guilty-of-sex-offences Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne-breen-react-as-jeffrey-donaldson-found-guilty-of-sex-offences.md Podcast: [The BelTel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912) Published: 2026-06-22T17:37:38+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a396d6830d5ebf3c9258cdf/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne-breen-react-as-jeffrey-donaldson-found-guilty-of-sex-offences Duration seconds: 1500 ## Resource Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 historical sex offences, including one count of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency. The offences were against two women when they were children. His wife Eleanor Donaldson has been found to have committed the acts relating to offences of aiding and abetting following a trial of the facts.  The leaders of the UUP and TUV immediately called for the Donaldsons to be stripped of their titles.   Jeffrey Donaldson has been taken to Maghaberry prison to start his sentence.  Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Allison Morris, Sam McBride, and Suzanne Breen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne-breen-react-as-jeffrey-donaldson-found-guilty-of-sex-offences/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/donaldson-was-a-fraud-allison-morris-sam-mcbride-and-suzanne-breen-react-as-jeffrey-donaldson-found-guilty-of-sex-offences.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.