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Added on the 13/03/2018 10:19:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of Northern Ireland's main pro-UK unionist party arrives to appear in court over alleged sex offences that have rocked the region's politics. Donaldson resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on March 29 after police charged him with "historical" sexual offences against two complainants. One of the province's best known politicians, Donaldson has said he will be "strenuously contesting" the allegations. IMAGES
French footballer Benjamin Mendy leaves Chester Crown Court at lunchtime, on the first day of his retrial over two alleged sexual offences, five months after a jury cleared him of multiple other counts. IMAGES
Bobbi Sternheim, Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer, says her client "will appeal this case," after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York judge for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. "We are confident that she will prevail on appeal," Sternheim tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma says sending him to prison would be "the same as sentencing [him] to death" as a deadline approached for him to surrender to authorities. SOUNDBITE
American actress Allison Mack arrives outside a New York court for her sentencing after pleading guilty to racketeering charges in the case involving the cult-like group Nxivm. Mack was arrested in 2018 along with several other Nxivm leaders including Keith Raniere, who was convicted of seven charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking, and sentenced last year to 120 years in prison. IMAGES