
A woman who was found not guilty of having an illegal abortion has told of her “absolutely horrific” four-and-a-half-year wait for justice and her hopes that the law is changed in the wake of her trial.
Nicola Packer, 45, was acquitted by a jury at Isleworth Crown Court in south-west London, of “unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing” with the “intent to procure a miscarriage”.