Woman, 22, charged with procuring ‘poison’ to abort her child

Bethany Cox appears at Teesside magistrates court charged with procuring her own miscarriage shortly after first Covid lockdown

A 22-year-old woman has appeared in court accused of procuring poison" to abort her child shortly after the first Covid lockdown.

Bethany Cox, from Eaglescliffe in Stockton-on-Tees, appeared before Teesside magistrates court on Monday charged with child destruction" and procuring her own miscarriage by poison/use of instrument".