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  <text>A jury is sworn in for the criminal trial of Jeffrey Donaldson for sexual offences, which is to begin at 10:30 the following day. His wife Eleanor is undergoing a separate trial of the facts as she was deemed to be unfit to stand trial by medical experts. </text>
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