The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped charges against 22-year-old accounts adviser Bethany Cox, who was accused of illegally terminating her pregnancy during the first Covid lockdown in July 2020. Miss Cox had denied using the abortion pill Misoprostol to end her pregnancy and was set to face trial next week.
During proceedings at Teesside Crown Court, the CPS officially offered no evidence against Miss Cox, leading to a not-guilty verdict. The CPS cited “evidential difficulties” as the reason for not pursuing the prosecution.
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