[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68363930](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68363930)
**No criminal offences have been detected by police investigating alleged threats made against Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.**
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has said it has concluded its investigation, following inquiries.
Sir Jeffrey said: “A decision was made not to press charges.”
Last month, [**Sir Jeffrey told MPs he had been threatened due to a “stirring up” of tensions over his party’s talks on returning to power-sharing at Stormont**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-68097829).
The DUP later said the matter had been reported to the PSNI.
At the time, a party spokesman said there was “no place for the threat of violence in democratic politics” and that “we trust those responsible will be held accountable for their actions”.
In a statement, a PSNI spokesman said: “Enquiries were made, no offences were detected and the investigation has now concluded.”
Sir Jeffrey referred to the threats during an impassioned speech in the House of Commons.
At the time, the DUP was blocking Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions in protest over Brexit trade rules.
The party had been in talks with the government, seeking changes to the arrangements for Northern Ireland under the [**Windsor Framework**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-53724381).
* [**’I won’t be deflected after threats’ – DUP leader**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68074278)
* [**Threats against Donaldson reported to PSNI, says DUP**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-68097829)
* [**Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s leadership moment**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68093074)
He hit out at his unionist critics, saying that some were attempting to “orchestrate opposition”.
The following week, the DUP [**endorsed a deal**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68124728) to restore Stormont and [**the power-sharing institutions were later re-established**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-68180505).
In a statement on Thursday, Sir Jeffrey said: “I thank the police for their investigative efforts. A decision was made not to press charges. Those who made the threats now know they are not beyond the reach of the law. They cannot threaten people in public life and stay anonymous from the police.”
The DUP leader said he wanted to see more people in public life “where issues are debated and discussed through democratic politics alone”.
“We must stand against those who would seek to bully with violent threats,” he added.
“I wasn’t intimidated out of politics 30 years ago and I won’t be intimidated in 2024.”
by isfuathliomreddit
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He made it sound like somebody threatened his family with a shotgun or something to the point where I actually felt sorry for him lmao. Talk about blowing it out of proportion. Once a wanker always a wanker.
There’s a definite disconnect between “No offences were detected” and “a decision was made not to press charges”.
The DUP leader said he wanted to see more people in public life “where issues are debated and discussed through democratic politics alone”.
Makes ye boke doesn’t it?
I want to see the actual threat
The BBC blew this up to be some sort of heroic stance at the time too.
Jeff played them like a fiddle.
Jeffrey never stops spoofing.
Doesn’t matter now; the Unionist mouthpiece media reported his claims verbatim, or even spiced them up without the remotest consideration to the possibility he might have been lying, exaggerating or conflating.
I pointed out here – [https://www.reddit.com/r/northernireland/comments/1abfsgy/spot_the_difference/](https://www.reddit.com/r/northernireland/comments/1abfsgy/spot_the_difference/) how RTE correctly reported UDR Jeff’s claim by putting threat in commas, while the BBC, Bel Tel, Hateletter etc simply reprinted his claims.
What a detestable cunt. Imagine crying over this in HOC just because you want attention and to somehow “shame” the Tories into giving you confessions.
*Sir Jeffrey said: “A decision was made not to press charges.”*
Why? He should be held to account for this. If people are threatening our political representatives then that is a serious business, how is in the public interests that such person or persons gets off scott free?
So did he make up the threat or do the PSNI not want to make any arrests?
Did he specify the nature of the threats? Was it just someone “threatening” to not vote for him or stop supplying Greggs sassage rolls?
Jeff telling porkies? Shock
Yes it was never a serious threat. Just some idiot on twitter or something.
So those who made the threat know they are not above the law, because, the law arrested…. Wait a minute.
A politician lying for their own gain, nothing new!
Politicians in ‘spouting bullshit’ shocker. Never ever has that happened before in all of human history. 🤥
Folks here are making me stand up for Jeff. Who I don’t like or agree with. The usual suspects whipping themselves into a frenzy without actually paying attention to the facts.
He has not made a decision to not press charges. That’s not how it works here.
And that no one has been charged, doesn’t mean that there where not threats. There are many reasons for charging not to happen. Maybe not serious enough, maybe not possible to identify the persons making the threat etc. Doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a threat ( or a gobshite on gobshite incident).