16 h. ago Woman in BDSM threesome who took foetus to hospital in rucksack after taking miscarriage pills is cleared of having an illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, who took abortion pills during lockdown has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy.  

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17 h. ago Nicola Packer, 45, wipes her eyes in court as she's cleared of illegal abortion

Nicola Packer took the abortion pills at home in November 2020 after she had been prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol following a remote consultation, Isleworth Crown Court heard

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17 h. ago Woman found not guilty of having illegal abortion after trial at west London court

Nicola Packer, 45, cried and wiped her eyes with a tissue after she was acquitted by a jury

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17 h. ago ‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortion

Calls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trialWhen Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant.Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion in lockdown found not guilty

Nicola Packer took abortion medicine at home in November 2020, her trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard

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17 h. ago UK woman who took pills during lockdown cleared of illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, was prescribed medication but was accused of believing she was more than 10 weeks pregnantA woman has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills during lockdown.Nicola Packer, 45, took the pills at home in November 2020. She had been prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol after a remote consultation. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion ‘still utterly traumatised’ by events

Nicola Packer, 45, is on trial at Isleworth Crown Court.

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6 d. ago UK woman accused of illegal abortion says she told medics she had miscarried

Nicola Packer tells court she had feared hospital staff ‘wouldn’t help me’ if they knew she had taken abortion pillsA woman on trial accused of having an illegal abortion has said she told hospital staff she had miscarried as she feared them knowing the truth would affect the level of care she received.Nicola Packer, 45, took abortion medicine during the Covid lockdown in November 2020, after being prescribed the pills in a remote consultation with a registered provider, a jury at Isleworth crown court heard. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman who denies illegal abortion tells of ‘shock’ on learning she was pregnant

Nicola Packer, 45, is charged with ‘unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing’ with the ‘intent to procure a miscarriage’.

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1 week ago Woman, 45, who was living in 'BDSM threesome with husband and wife did not look pregnant before having an illegal abortion', court hears

Nicola Packer, 45, who is accused of illegally taking abortion medication at home, showed 'absolutely no indication' she was pregnant in the weeks prior, Isleworth Crown Court heard today.

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2 w. ago Woman accused of illegal abortion ‘brought foetus to hospital’

Nicola Packer denies charge and claims she believed she was within legal limit

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2 w. ago Woman who lived in BDSM threesome with husband and wife is accused of illegal abortion 'after taking foetus to hospital in a backpack', court told

Nicola Packer allegedly took abortion medication at home on November 6, 2020, and went to Chelsea and Westminster hospital the following day, Isleworth Crown Court heard on Thursday.

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