Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Former DUP leader expressed ‘regret’ to alleged victim in letter, court hears

During cross-examination of Complainant A, Sir Jeffrey’s barrister Kieran Vaughan KC put it to her that her mind was “foggy” around the alleged events.

The complainant said she disagreed with that.

She said she had used the word “foggy” in her police interviews in reference to her recollection of dates.

She said: “The incidents themselves, I remember significant detail due to the nature of what happened.”

The defence barrister also suggested that the alleged “tongue in mouth” and “rubbing of chest” incidents did not happen.

He said: “Either you made it up, fabricated the tongue in the mouth or rubbing of the chest, or you dreamt it, and over the years you have just come to believe that it’s true.”

The complainant said to suggest someone would dream such a thing for no reason was “completely ridiculous” and “insulting”.

The court also heard Complainant A was sexually abused by another man when she was a child.

The defence barrister asked her why she had not told the police about that abuse.

She said because the alleged abuse by Sir Jeffrey was “of such great significance” to her.

“My priority was this case and dealing with this,” she added.

Vaughan also told the court that the alleged incident involving the use of the torch had not happened as Complainant A had described it.