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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Cobham

Woman accused of illegal abortion ‘brought foetus to hospital’

Nicola Packer outside Isleworth Crown Court in west London on Thursday - (Ben Whitley/PA Wire)

A woman accused of having an illegal abortion during lockdown brought a foetus to hospital in a rucksack and told doctors she had miscarried naturally, a court has heard.

Nicola Packer, 45, allegedly took prescribed abortion medication during the second coronavirus lockdown in November 2020, when the government had relaxed abortion rules to allow women to take pills at home, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

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