Two individuals have been charged with forcibly triggering a miscarriage and disposing of the physique of a child.
Elliot Benham and Sophie Harvey, each 23, have been arrested following property searches that happened greater than two years in the past.
They're charged with ‘procuring a poison/noxious factor to trigger a miscarriage’, concealing the start of a kid and disposing of a child’s physique.
It's believed the offences happened between September 1, 2018 and December 1, 2018.
The pair’s arrests comply with a protracted investigation by Gloucestershire police’s Main Crime Investigation Workforce.
Benham, of Swindon in Wiltshire, and Harvey, of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, will each seem at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Courtroom on January 5.
The ‘Offences In opposition to the Individual Act 1861’ states it's a felony offence to attempt to trigger your individual abortion.
It's alleged on this case that the being pregnant was previous 24 weeks and was not carried out by a registered medical practitioner.
In England, abortions are authorized as much as 24 weeks’ gestation if carried out by a registered medical practitioner, and may be carried out after 24 weeks in very restricted circumstances.
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