{"id":69053,"date":"2025-02-06T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T07:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=69053"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:30:40","slug":"dorset-retiree-faces-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/trial-for-offering-conversation","title":{"rendered":"Dorset retiree faces trial for offering a conversation, amidst fears over \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69053\" class=\"elementor elementor-69053\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29c6cbc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29c6cbc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258af319\" data-id=\"258af319\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ba35eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33ba35eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Livia Tossici-Bolt held a sign reading \u201cHere to talk, if you want to\u201d near an abortion facility in Bournemouth<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Retired medical scientist to face trial 5th -6<sup>th<\/sup> MARCH; ADF UK supports legal defence<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Christians raise concerns about \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c6c3902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c6c3902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Livia-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-63847\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Livia-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Livia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Livia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Livia.jpg 1159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740271e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"740271e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>BOURNEMOUTH (6 February 2025) \u2013 <\/strong>A retired medical scientist from Bournemouth will face trial on 6<sup>th<\/sup> March following charges relating to her charitable work supporting women in crisis pregnancies.<\/p><p>Livia Tossici-Bolt, 63, held a sign reading \u201chere to talk, if you want to\u201d near an abortion facility in Bournemouth. Several individuals approached her to take up her offer of a conversation about matters going on in their lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57494449 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"57494449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with two adults engaging in a consensual conversation on the street. <\/span> I shouldn\u2019t be treated like a criminal just for this.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Livia Tossici-Bolt<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d9f11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40d9f11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Local authorities confronted Tossici-Bolt, alleging that she had breached a local abortion \u201cbuffer zone\u201d, which bans \u201cexpression of approval or disapproval of abortion\u201d. They issued a Fixed Penalty Notice, which Tossici-Bolt refused to pay, on the grounds that she did not breach the terms of the PSPO, and had the right, protected under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act, to offer consensual\u00a0conversations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tossici-Bolt will face trial at Bournemouth Magistrates\u2019 Court on 6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> March 2025. ADF UK are supporting her legal defence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with offering help. There\u2019s nothing wrong with two adults engaging in a consensual conversation on the street. I shouldn\u2019t be treated like a criminal just for this,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">said Livia Tossici-Bolt, whose legal defence is being supported by ADF UK.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b994592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b994592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Right to conversation, and silent thought, on trial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-43dc749 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43dc749\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-607dfc98\" data-id=\"607dfc98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78efdb12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78efdb12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2023, the UK government passed legislation in the Public Order Act to enforce censorial buffer zones around all abortion facilities, banning any form of \u201cinfluence of a person\u2019s decision to access, provide or facilitate the provision of abortion services.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23cb31e5\" data-id=\"23cb31e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc81c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdc81c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-65123\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/adam-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adam Smith-Connor, convicted for praying silently in a \"buffer zone\"<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e5b01a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e5b01a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">CPS Guidance released alongside the national legislation, which came into force in October 2024, explains that silent prayer is \u201cnot necessarily\u201d a crime; rather, that criminal actions must be \u201covert\u201d to meet the threshold.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">Yet, in November 2024, Christian army veteran Adam Smith-Connor was c<a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/guilty-army-vet-convicted-for-praying-silently-near-abortion-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">onvicted for praying silently<\/a>\u00a0in his mind for a few minutes on public space across the road from the abortion facility in Bournemouth, where a local \u201cbuffer zone\u201d had been enacted via a \u201cPublic Spaces Protection Order\u201d. With support from ADF UK, he is appealing his conviction in July.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1e8360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e1e8360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Concerns over \"two-tier policing\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf4695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cf4695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a result of the arrests over silent prayer, Christians have raised concern about \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d taking place in the UK \u2013 something which the Home Office have dismissed in a leaked memo as a <em>\u201cright-wing extremist narrative\u201d.<\/em><\/p><p>This month, it was reported that shoplifting crimes have increased by 25% in the past year. Last year, it emerged that knife crime in the UK has increased by 80% in the past decade. Volunteers have questioned the focus of resources on clamping down on silent prayer, rather than tangible crimes.<\/p><p>Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was seen being arrested for her silent prayers in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrWinMarshall\/status\/1605985657997795328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral video<\/a>\u00a0in 2022, said:<\/p><p><em>\u201cThe Home Office\u2019s abrasive and outright dismissal of widespread concerns about \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d runs contrary to the experience of countless everyday British people.<\/em><\/p><p><em>I have been arrested multiple times, faced an intrusive police investigation, and dragged into court \u2013 simply for standing silently on a public street nearby an abortion clinic, praying, imperceptibly, in the privacy of my mind. Meanwhile, how many true criminals roam the streets, unchecked? How many of the perpetrators of the grooming gangs were left unaccountable for their violent and despicable actions towards children?\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Jeremiah Igunnubole, Legal Counsel for ADF UK, said:<\/p><p><em>\u201cUnder far-reaching and vaguely-written rules, we have seen volunteers like Livia criminalised simply for offering conversations to those in need; and others dragged through courts for praying, even silently, in their minds.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>The principle of freedom of thought and speech must be defended both within and outside \u201cbuffer zones\u201d. It\u2019s unthinkable that as real crime is mounting, policing time and resources are being expended on peaceful individuals like Livia who simply and peacefully offered conversations. No genuinely free and democratic society criminalises it citizens for exercising their right to freedom of speech, especially when such speech is nothing more than a harmless and consensual conversation,\u201d <\/em>commented Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, who are supporting Tossici-Bolt\u2019s legal defence. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6188f9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2e6188f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289d0ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"289d0ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Images for free use in print or online in relation to this story only<\/p><p>PICTURED: Liviai Tossici-Bolt; 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ADF UK supports legal defence Christians raise concerns about \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d BOURNEMOUTH (6 February 2025) \u2013 A retired medical scientist from Bournemouth will face trial on 6th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":63847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[1069,899,945,898],"class_list":["post-69053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-buffer-zones-2","tag-free-speech-en-gb","tag-livia","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dorset retiree faces trial for offering a conversation, amidst fears over \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d\u00a0 - ADF International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Livia Tossici-Bolt held a sign reading \u201cHere to talk, if you want to\u201d near an abortion facility in Bournemouth; 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