Longest-serving Member of Parliament for Northern Ireland, Donaldson, 61, was suspended from the Democratic Unionist Party last month in connection with his detention. Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been charged in court with rape and additional historical sex offences. Between 1985 and 2006, he was charged with one count of rape, one count of gross indecency towards a minor, and nine counts of sexual assault.