Sir Jeffrey Donaldson wrote a letter to a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her as a child expressing "regret" for "all the hurt, pain and distress I have caused", his trial has heard.The woman told the court that she had thought the letter was an attempt by the former DUP leader "to apologise for perhaps the abuse which had occurred".

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson wrote a letter to a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her as a child expressing "regret" for "all the hurt, pain and distress I have caused", his trial has heard.The woman told the court that she had thought the letter was an attempt by the former DUP leader "to apologise for perhaps the abuse which had occurred".