NIne(九（的拼写）) years ago in 10 Downing Street(① 历史与地位：自1735年起成为首相官...), Sir Jeffrey Donaldson signed the deal that enabled Theresa May to continue as prime minister. Under the confidence-and-supply agreement(信任与供应协议) the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP(民主统一党)) traded its ten MPs’ votes for £1bn ($1.3bn) for Northern Ireland. In recent weeks the ex-MP(前议员) has been in the dock(被告席) of a criminal court in Newry, County Down. On June 22nd the jury unanimously(一致同意地) found him guilty of all charges against him: one count of rape, four of gross indecency(严重猥亵) and 13 of indecent assault.
九年前，杰弗里·唐纳森爵士在唐宁街10号签署了一项协议，使特蕾莎·梅得以继续担任首相。根据信任与供应协议，民主统一党（DUP）用其10名议员的投票权换取了向北爱尔兰提供的10亿英镑（13亿美元）。最近几周，这位前议员一直站在唐郡纽里刑事法院的被告席上。6月22日，陪审团一致裁定他所有罪名成立：一项强奸罪、四项严重猥亵罪和13项猥亵袭击罪。
Sir Jeffrey led the DUP until his arrest in March 2024 after two women alleged(指控（过去式）) that he had sexually abused(性虐待) them as children. His trial has been the highest-profile(最引人注目的) one since Northern Ireland’s creation in 1921(① 背景：1921年英爱条约将爱尔兰岛分...).
杰弗里爵士在2024年3月被捕前一直领导民主统一党，此前两名女性指控他曾在她们童年时实施性虐待。他的审判是自1921年北爱尔兰成立以来最引人注目的案件。
Now 63, Sir Jeffrey was from his teens seen as a rare political talent. He began his career as election agent(选举代理人) to Enoch Powell(① 生平：1912-1998年，曾任卫生...), a former Tory MP whose time in mainstream British politics ended with his infamous(臭名昭著的) “Rivers of Blood(血河演讲)” speech predicting mass racial unrest due to immigration. Powell was welcomed into the Ulster Unionist Party(阿尔斯特统一党) as MP for South Down, where Sir Jeffrey grew up, and became a mentor to the rising star(新星（政治潜力人物）).
现年63岁的杰弗里爵士从十几岁起就被视为罕见的政治天才。他的职业生涯始于担任前保守党议员伊诺克·鲍威尔的选举代理人，鲍威尔因预言移民将导致大规模种族动荡的臭名昭著的“血河”演讲而结束了自己在英国主流政治中的生涯。鲍威尔后来被阿尔斯特统一党接纳为南唐郡议员——杰弗里爵士正是在那里长大——并成为这位政治新星的导师。