Civil servant faces jail for trying to give his ex partner a miscarriage

A married Home Office boss who spiked his pregnant mistress’s orange juice with drugs to cause a miscarriage is facing jail. Darren Burke, 43, wanted Laura Slade to have an abortion to keep his double life secret from his wife but she refused, Isleworth Crown Court heard. He crushed tablets of mifepristone into Ms Slade’s glass and asked her to drink it, saying she needs to keep her vitamins up. She declined and Burke poured the juice down the sink…