CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: “All I Did was Pray to God”: Adam Smith-Connor, British Christian Army Veteran Convicted for Praying Silently near an Abortion Clinic [#ThoughtCrime #BufferZone #AdamSmithConnor]
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: “All I Did was Pray to God”: Adam Smith-Connor, British Christian Army Veteran Convicted for Praying Silently near an Abortion Clinic [#ThoughtCrime #BufferZone #AdamSmithConnor]
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WATCH: Adam’s response immediately following his Hearing this morning, at which the court set his trial date for November.
The Afghanistan veteran is being prosecuted for praying in his head in an abortion facility “buffer zone”.
#Thoughtcrime
A man charged for praying silently in an abortion “buffer zone” in Bournemouth has been found guilty in a shock ruling from Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court.
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council charged Adam Smith-Connor, a military veteran and father of two, following an interrogation by office on “the nature of his prayers” when he stopped to pray for a few minutes near an abortion facility in November 2022.
The Court sentenced Smith-Connor to a conditional discharge and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £9,000. A conditional discharge is a type of conviction that means Smith-Connor will only be sentenced if he is convicted of any future offences in the next two years.
In its decision, the court reasoned that his prayer amounted to “disapproval of abortion” because at one point his head was seen slightly bowed and his hands were clasped.
Responding to the ruling, Smith-Connor stated:
“Today, the court has decided that certain thoughts – silent thoughts – can be illegal in the United Kingdom. That cannot be right. All I did was pray to God, in the privacy of my own mind – and yet I stand convicted as a criminal?
“I served for 20 years in the army reserves, including a tour in Afghanistan, to protect the fundamental freedoms that this country is built upon. I continue that spirit of service as a health care professional and church volunteer. It troubles me greatly to see our freedoms eroded to the extent that thoughtcrimes are now being prosecuted in the UK.”
Despite battling bankruptcy warnings and being forced to cut “all non-essential spending”, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council spent more than £90,000 on legal fees to prosecute the offence, which carries a maximum penalty of £1,000.
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