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Malvern woman pleads not guilty to breaching abortion clinic buffer zone charges
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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce from Malvern has pleaded not guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to five charges of breaching a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in Birmingham by allegedly silently praying. The offences relate to alleged breaches of the Public Order Act between June 2025 and November, under legislation that restricts activities within 150 metres of abortion facilities.
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- Isabel Vaughan-Spruce denied five charges at Birmingham Magistrates' Court relating to alleged buffer zone breaches.
- The charges involve alleged silent praying outside an abortion clinic in the Kings Norton area of Birmingham.
- The alleged incidents occurred on five different days over a six-month period between June 2025 and November.
- Vaughan-Spruce is accused of intending to or being reckless to interfere with persons accessing or providing abortion services.
- Prosecutors stated that a trial is unlikely to take place before January.