Laura Slade says she found powdery residue at the bottom of the glass after he insisted she drink from it
Caroline Davies and agency
Tue 26 Apr 2022
A woman who became pregnant during an affair with a married senior civil servant told a court he looked “very flustered” before preparing a drink for her allegedly spiked with an abortion drug.
Darren Burke, 43, a deputy director for the emergency services mobile communications programme at the Home Office, is accused of trying to cause Laura Slade’s miscarriage.