Anti-abortion campaigner convicted of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic

Livia Tossici-Bolt given conditional discharge and ordered to pay 20,000 costs in case that drew US state department concern

An activist whose case had been cited by the US state department over freedom of expression" concerns in the UK has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic.

Livia Tossici-Bolt, an anti-abortion campaigner, went on trial at Poole magistrates court last month accused of breaching a public spaces protection order on two days in March 2023 near to a clinic in Bournemouth. On Friday she was found guilty of two charges of breaching the order.