Free speech victory: Judge dismisses charges against Scottish grandmother arrested for offering consensual conversation in ‘buffer zone’

Sheriff Stuart Reid delivered ruling at hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday morning, dismissing charges against Rose Docherty, 75 ADF International coordinated Mrs Docherty’s legal defence Christian grandmother arrested last September for holding a sign that read: ‘Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want’ outside a Glasgow hospital https://adfinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Rose-Victory-ADF-edited-1-1.mp4 GLASGOW (28 April 2026) – A judge