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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Darren Burke: Married Home Office boss who tried to induce lover’s miscarriage faces prison

Metropolitan Police

A Home Office worker who tried to induce his lover’s miscarriage faces a “lengthy” prison sentence.

Married father-of-one Darren Burke, 43, was found guilty on Tuesday of giving Laura Slade the abortion drug mifepristone but the judge discharged jurors from returning a verdict on the charge that he obtained the poison with intent.

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