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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies and agency

Married civil servant accused of lacing lover’s drink with abortion drug

Entrance to Isleworth Crown Court in Isleworth, England.
Isleworth crown court was told Laura Slade refused to drink a glass of orange juice that was allegedly laced with mifepristone. Photograph: Dan Dennison/Getty Images

A woman who became pregnant during an affair with a married senior civil servant told a court he looked “very flustered” before preparing a drink for her allegedly spiked with an abortion drug.

Darren Burke, 43, a deputy director for the emergency services mobile communications programme at the Home Office, is accused of trying to cause Laura Slade’s miscarriage.

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