A pregnant woman lost her unborn baby after she was deliberately kicked in the stomach by a pub drinker during a Valentine's Day altercation, a jury was told. The expectant mother, who was 28-weeks pregnant, had to undergo an emergency Caesarian operation, but her baby daughter was stillborn. Mr Chaplin said that the pregnant woman - who had spoken to the defendant through the night - was trying to 'calm things down'. He then told officers he did not know if the person was male or female and said he would not have kicked out if he had known it was the pregnant woman. The pregnant woman's sister said she noticed that Bygrave was being 'rude' and 'argumentative' with other pub customers that night before the incident outside.

Source: The Nation September 20, 2021 21:33 UTC