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The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

Anti-abortion campaigner convicted of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic

Livia Tossici-Bolt arriving at Poole magistrates court
Livia Tossici-Bolt arriving at Poole magistrates court on 4 April. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

An activist whose case had been cited by the US state department over “freedom of expression” concerns in the UK has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic.

Livia Tossici-Bolt, an anti-abortion campaigner, went on trial at Poole magistrates court last month accused of breaching a public spaces protection order on two days in March 2023 near to a clinic in Bournemouth. On Friday she was found guilty of two charges of breaching the order.

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