A Home Office worker who tried to induce his lover’s miscarriage has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
Married father-of-one Darren Burke, 43, was found guilty last month of giving Laura Slade the abortion drug mifepristone. The court heard how Ms Slade had refused to drink the orange juice – claiming she discovered the remnants of powder around the edge of the glass – on 4 December 2020, but suffered an unconnected miscarriage weeks later.
