A Scottish grandmother who was arrested for holding a sign in an abortion “buffer zone” has had the charges against her dropped.
Rose Docherty, 75, was the first person to be charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, Scotland’s buffer zone legislation.
Docherty was arrested and charged in September last year for holding a sign outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow that read “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want”.
The case against Rose Docherty was dropped following an argument from her legal team that the charges against her violated her Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
