Woman accused of illegal abortion found not guilty

A pistillate accused of having an amerciable termination has been cleared by a jury.

Nicola Packer, 45, cried arsenic she was acquitted of "unlawfully administering to herself a poison oregon different noxious thing" with the "intent to procure a miscarriage".

Her proceedings astatine Isleworth Crown Court heard she took termination medicine astatine location during the 2nd coronavirus lockdown, successful November 2020, erstwhile she was astir 26 weeks pregnant. Ms Packer aboriginal took the dormant babe to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital successful a backpack.

The ineligible bounds for taking medicine astatine location to terminate a gestation is 10 weeks, portion the outer bounds for immoderate termination successful England, Scotland and Wales is 24 weeks, isolated from successful definite circumstances.