A child killer, Stuart Worby, has been incarcerated for sexual assault and for inducing a miscarriage in a pregnant lady by surreptitiously administering abortion medicine.
Stuart Worby, 40, of Malthouse Court, Dereham, appeared at Norwich Crown Court today (Friday, December 6) for the first successful prosecution of its kind. He was sentenced to 12 years for administering a poison or using an instrument to procure a miscarriage, and eight years for sexual assault against the victim, to be served concurrently.
The jury rendered a unanimous guilty decision after a two-week trial in October.
The court heard that the victim lost her baby at approximately 15 weeks in August 2022 after being administered medicine without her knowledge or consent.
Stuart Worby administered the pharmaceuticals mifepristone and misoprostol. A used blister pack of mifepristone was found in his household trash. The packaging for misoprostol was never located.
He obtained them with the help of Nueza Cepeda who rang a London clinic posing as a pregnant woman who already had a family and wanted to terminate her pregnancy.
Nueza Cepeda, aged 39, of Walnut Drive, Dereham admitted her role in the deception namely producing an instrument to be used with the intent to procure a miscarriage. She was today handed a 22-month suspended sentence.
Her boyfriend Wayne Finney, 42, of Station Street, Swaffham, denied intentionally encouraging or assisting in the offence and was found not guilty at trial.
Stuart Worby accepted he had obtained the medication unlawfully but denied he ever gave it to the woman. One of the drugs used was found in foetal tissue following a post mortem examination.
Initially the victim thought she had miscarried spontaneously but contacted police when she saw messages on Stuart Worby’s phone to his friend Wayne Finney saying ‘It’s working’ and ‘There is a lot of blood’.
Following today’s sentencing Det Insp Duncan Woodhams who lead the investigation described it as one of the most shocking cases he and his team of detectives had seen.
He said: “Our thoughts remain with the victim who has suffered greatly as a result of Stuart Worby’s merciless actions and the subsequent trial.
“It is difficult to imagine a more despicable crime. This took detailed planning and manipulation of the victim to inflict such lethal violence on her unborn child.
“Stuart Worby has shown no remorse and there is no mitigation. He wanted to exert control in the most heinous manner and has now deservedly been punished for it.”
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