{"id":83221,"date":"2026-01-12T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=83221"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:55:56","slug":"tomorrow-scottish-grandmother-to-plea-in-court-for-offering-conversation-in-buffer-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/tomorrow-scottish-grandmother-to-plea-in-court-for-offering-conversation-in-buffer-zone","title":{"rendered":"TOMORROW:\u00a0Scottish grandmother to plead in court for offering conversation in \u201cbuffer zone\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"83221\" class=\"elementor elementor-83221\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27f4a7c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27f4a7c4\" 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-60ce69c\" data-id=\"60ce69c\" 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-6ddeb5bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ddeb5bc\" 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>Christian grandmother Rose Docherty was arrested for holding a sign reading<i>\u202f\u201cCoercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want\u201d\u202f<\/i>outside a Glasgow\u202fhospital.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Tomorrow she will enter a plead in court; ADF International is legally supporting the case.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Hearing follows Scottish Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference last week expressing concern about Mrs Docherty\u2019s criminalisation.<\/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-12a6458c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12a6458c\" 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=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rose-Docherty-sign-e1768239210520-1024x651.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-73447\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rose-Docherty-sign-e1768239210520-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rose-Docherty-sign-e1768239210520-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rose-Docherty-sign-e1768239210520-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rose-Docherty-sign-e1768239210520.jpg 1536w\" 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-74cde534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74cde534\" 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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GLASGOW (12 January 2026)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A\u00a0Glaswegian grandmother will enter a plea in court\u00a0tomorrow afternoon\u00a0after she was arrested and criminally charged for offering consensual conversation in a \u201cbuffer zone\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rose Docherty, 75,\u00a0faces two\u00a0charges related to alleged\u00a0\u201cinfluencing\u201d within\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cbuffer zone\u201d,\u00a0despite having only stood peacefully and\u00a0silently offering consensual conversation\u00a0outside\u00a0the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital\u00a0in Glasgow\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/grandmother-arrested-glasgow-buffer-zone\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">last September<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She held\u00a0a sign that read:\u00a0\u201cCoercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0did not approach any\u00a0individual or\u00a0make any statement about abortion.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs Docherty\u00a0will tomorrow enter a plea at\u00a0Glasgow Sheriff Court.\u00a0The hearing is due to start at 2pm.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Christian grandmother is\u00a0the first person to be charged under Scotland\u2019s censorial 2024 \u201cbuffer zone\u201d law, which forbids harassment, intimidation and \u201cinfluencing\u201d\u00a0of anyone\u202fseeking\u202fto access\u202fabortion services.\u00a0The \u201cbuffer zones\u201d are enforced within 200 metres of every hospital.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The US State Department expressed concern over Mrs Docherty\u2019s arrest as \u201canother egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe\u201d and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcos.org.uk\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">last week<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the Scottish Catholic Bishops\u2019\u00a0Conference also expressed concern, and strongly criticised Scotland\u2019s \u201cbuffer zone\u201d legislation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-66368313 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"66368313\" 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\">\u201cEverybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation. I held my sign\u202fwith love and compassion,\u202finviting anyone who\u202fwants\u202fto chat, to do so \u2013 and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.\u202f\u202f \n <\/span>I should not be treated as a criminal for inviting people to chat with me \u2013 lending a listening ear. Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow. And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.\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\">- Rose Docherty<\/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-5f7079e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f7079e1\" 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>Mrs\u202fDocherty\u202fsaid:\u202f<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEverybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation. I held my sign\u202fwith love and compassion,\u202finviting anyone who\u202fwants\u202fto chat, to do so \u2013 and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.\u202f<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI should not be treated as a criminal for inviting people to chat with me \u2013 lending a listening ear. Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow. And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Legal Counsel for ADF International, Jeremiah\u00a0Igunnubole\u00a0commented:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0deeply concerning that Scottish policing resources are being ploughed into arresting and prosecuting a peaceful grandmother offering to speak to people in public, rather than focusing on the problems caused by real crime in Glasgow.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is not a case about harassment, intimidation or violent protest \u2013 this is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following her arrest, Mrs Docherty was held in custody for several hours.\u00a0She was refused a chair to sit on in her cell, despite making it known that she had a double hip replacement.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This was Mrs Docherty\u2019s second arrest for peacefully offering consensual conversation. Last\u00a0August, Scottish authorities dropped their case against\u202fher\u202ffor\u202fholding the same sign in the same place,\u00a0after a global outcry against the 75-year-old grandmother\u2019s arrest, including concerns raised in\u202fan\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDRL\/status\/1894751701388636312?s=19\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online post<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fby the US State Department.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>The US State Department commented on Mrs Docherty\u2019s\u00a0latest\u00a0arrest:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe arrest of Rose Docherty is another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhen 75-year-old grandmothers are\u202fbeing arrested\u202ffor standing peacefully and offering conversation,\u202fcommon sense and basic civility are under attack.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe United States will always speak out against these violations of fundamental rights.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The architect of Scotland\u2019s \u201cbuffer zone\u201d law, Gillian Mackay MSP,\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/prayer-by-window-in-scotland-buffer-zone\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">admitted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fon BBC Scotland earlier\u00a0last\u00a0year that the vague prohibitions\u202fin the\u00a0legislation\u00a0could\u202fcriminalise\u202fsomeone for praying visibly from a window in their home within\u00a0a \u201cbuffer\u00a0zone\u201d, \u201cdepending on who\u2019s passing by the window.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">US Vice President JD Vance highlighted this law as a particular matter for concern in his Munich Security Conference speech in February\u00a0last\u00a0year.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-6b18121e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6b18121e\" 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-6cf30804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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