‘A man and woman who were accused of buying pills to induce an illegal abortion have been sentenced to community orders.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and giving her medication to cause a miscarriage.’
BBC News, 6th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A GP who disguised himself as a nurse and poisoned his mother’s partner with a fake Covid jab in an “audacious” plot to murder him has been jailed for 31 years.’
The Independent, 6th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who gave orange juice to a woman that he spiked with an abortion-inducing drug has been found guilty of administering a poison to procure a miscarriage.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th October 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, is set to open on Monday.’
The Independent, 14th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Thomas Kwan, 53, was on trial at Newcastle crown court and had initially denied attempted murder, but changed his plea after he heard the prosecution open the case against him.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The jury in the trial of a teenager charged with arranging her own illegal abortion has been discharged for legal reasons.’
The Independent, 20th May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘For Stephen and Carol Baxter, their decades of hard work at establishing a successful company in the South East of England had nearly paid off.’
The Independent, 20th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family who left an arranged marriage bride in a vegetative state after she was forced to take pills and doused with a corrosive substance has been jailed.’
The Independent, 14th February 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man poisoned a married couple with the opioid painkiller fentanyl and rewrote their will the day after they died, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fresh evidence has emerged that it is claimed undermines the conviction of a nurse jailed for life 17 years ago for murdering two of his patients and poisoning 15 others.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother who “deliberately poisoned” her son on New Year’s Eve by giving him her medication before she beat him to death has been convicted of murder.’
BBC News, 13th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who poisoned a disabled nine-year-old boy with amphetamines has been sentenced to 32 months in prison.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack has reached a settlement in a legal case against his former force, his lawyers have said.’
The Independent, 13th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Today, the Home Secretary has announced that Lord Hughes of Ombersley will chair the inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in July 2018 following exposure to the nerve agent Novichok.’
Home Office, 10th March 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘An NHS doctor killed his partner’s father and almost caused the deaths of her and her mother by giving them a poison that is popular among murderers, a London court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Home Secretary announces a public inquiry to investigate the death of Dawn Sturgess.’
Home Office, 18th November 2021
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The government is considering whether to hold a full public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess from the nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire in 2018.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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