内容摘要：“Everyone who is responsible for children must learn from past mistakes. I am committed to working with the police and wider partners to identify more perpetrators of these heinous crimes and bring them to justice. I want to ensure child and adult survivors are treated with compassion so they feel safe and believed; that authorities take these types of reports seriously; and that victims and their families can access the support they need.”

“Everyone who is responsible for children must learn from past mistakes. I am committed to working with the police and wider partners to identify more perpetrators of these heinous crimes and bring them to justice. I want to ensure child and adult survivors are treated with compassion so they feel safe and believed; that authorities take these types of reports seriously; and that victims and their families can access the support they need.”

She denies unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing with the intent to procure a miscarriage."I just felt really bad, I didn't know I was pregnant or that far along," Ms Packer said.

Breaking down in tears, she went on: "If I had known I was that far along I wouldn't have done it... I wouldn't have put the baby or myself through it."Ms Packer said that she wrapped the baby in a scarf, but there were no signs of her being alive. The jury previously heard that she took the baby to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in a backpack the day after taking the medicine.The defendant told jurors that she did not think that she had done anything wrong.

Of her arrest on 8 November, she said: "I was terrified, I didn't know what was going on."Ms Packer had earlier told the jury she had never wanted children and that she believed her chances of getting pregnant were "basically none" due to her age.

Asked why she did not initially believe she was pregnant, Ms Packer told jurors that she had shown "no signs" as her breasts were not sore, she did not feel sickness or fatigue and had only gained a small amount of weight.

She took the pregnancy test on 2 November after experiencing stomach aches, jurors heard.Members of the public previously

over the lack of consultation about the decision and the impact it would have on accessibility.This week, a spokesperson for PCC said restoration works, costing about £1.2m, had been agreed and the bridges were expected to reopen by April 2025.

Bridges at the reserve are inspected every two years and in January, the council said signs of degradation were found.The review noted that three bridges, adjacent to Baron Court, Lakeside and Welbourne, had deteriorated much more quickly than anticipated and posed a risk to public safety.