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Sep 25, 2026
Declan HarveyHOST
OK.
Tara MillsHOST
But before we get on to that, I think it's worth starting with the victim impact statements.
Tara MillsHOST
They were really quite startling.
Tara MillsHOST
Rosemary Walsh Casey for the prosecution, she outlined, she didn't read them all completely, but she took out chunks of them and she said that During the trial, Complainant B had said what had happened to her at the hands of Geoffrey Donaldson were the worst moments of her life.
Declan HarveyHOST
Just so everyone is still with us, complainant B was the victim of rape and also she was at the meeting in Armoy.
Declan HarveyHOST
Complainant A, as you've said, the younger of the two was the victim of the light being shone and other instances as well.
Declan HarveyHOST
What did she say in her victim impact statement?
Tara MillsHOST
Well, it was equally hard to listen to.
Allison MorrisGUEST
It, it, so the higher starting point now is eight years, but the judge can obviously take into consideration there's very little in the way of mitigation to be offered in this case.
Allison MorrisGUEST
Um, the fact that the two complainants were put through the trial, which they, the court was told that in their victim impact statements, they said that they found the trial extre- extremely distressing, and all of that will be taken into consideration.
Allison MorrisGUEST
She then pointed out that the minimum for the indecent assaults, which was against the other complainant, that that would be around a two-year sentence.
Allison MorrisGUEST
But here's the thing, those sentences don't need to run concurrently, so they don't need to run alongside each other.
Allison MorrisGUEST
So Judge Ramsey will now go away.
Allison MorrisGUEST
He-
Ciarán DunbarHOST
And Ms. Walsh asked the judge to take into consideration the victim impact statements That is where complainant A and complainant B, th- th- they give their point of view, and that was, that was articulated to the court.
Allison MorrisGUEST
So we didn't hear all of them.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
May 10th of 2024, we were in Brooklyn in Kings County Court, and Chris was being sentenced to that plea agreement.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
I was given an opportunity to share a victim impact statement at the sentencing.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
I was given the opportunity not to be present, but to have it read by the district attorney for me on my behalf.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
I told her, of course, I'm going to be there and I'm going to bring 40 people with me to court.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
That was part of my justice.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
It is not everyone's.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
Every survivor who has the opportunity to write and or share a victim impact statement has different needs, and those are all to be respected and validated.
Jenn WilentaGUEST
For me, I wished for my voice to be the one in his ears.