Pro-life volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce has pleaded not guilty to five fresh charges relating to silent prayer outside an abortion facility, while a Northern Ireland pastor is appealing his conviction for preaching near a hospital.
Vaughan-Spruce entered the pleas at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 7 October. Her trial is scheduled for 25–29 January 2027.
She said, ‘Standing silently and holding certain beliefs in a public space should never be a crime.’
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