November trial set for British man accused of ‘thought crime’
A former British army reservist is set to face a Nov. 16 trial on criminal charges arising from his silent prayer near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, England, a British court said Wednesday.stood silently with his head bowed and his back to the clinic on Ophir Road in the coastal resort town.
Rachael Clarke, chief of staff at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which operates clinics across the country, said Mr. Smith-Connor’s action wasn’t as innocent as he claims. Callum Miller, a research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Blackfriars Hall, said the national law and local ordinances such as the one covering the Bournemouth clinic are addressing a problem that doesn’t exist.
He was issued the fine about a month after the incident, said attorneys at ADF UK, a public interest law firm defending Mr. Smith-Connor.on May 12, shortly before a window to file charges closed, but did not notify him of the charges until July 19.
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