A woman who miscarried after she was said to have been given abortion medication by two men has said she was sexually assaulted before losing the baby.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffered a "forced abortion of a 15-week-old foetus" after being given medication by two friends who allegedly "put their heads together" to get the drugs needed to "bring about a miscarriage".

Stuart Worby, 39, and Wayne Finney, 41, have gone on trial accused of offences said to have caused the woman to have a miscarriage.

Giving evidence at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday (October 15) through her police interview, the woman said she was sexually assaulted by Worby, who "forced his hands" into her prior to her losing the baby.

The witness said she started to vomit and have diarrhoea following the assault.

She was "in pain" and contacted her mother who went with her to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on August 4 2022.

The jury of seven women and five men heard the woman was told it was a "very serious situation" by medical staff with the baby "struggling to stay alive".

She said she later felt "something coming out" before the foetus she had been carrying left her body.

The woman said she was "bleeding and very scared".

She contacted police after seeing messages on Worby's phone between him and a friend saying, "its working, she's bleeding".

The jury have heard how abortion medication was obtained by Finney after his partner Nueza Cepeda, 39,  received it following a consultation with a gynaecologist in London.

Cepeda, of Walnut Way, Dereham, has admitted an offence of supplying or procuring an instrument to be used with intent to procure a miscarriage.

Worby, of Malthouse Court, Dereham, has denied administering a poison or using an instrument with intent to procure a miscarriage - specifically that between July 1 and August 5, 2022, he administered tablets to the victim resulting in miscarriage.

He has also denied two counts of assault by penetration to the victim on August 3, 2022.

Finney, of Station Street, Swaffham, has denied intentionally encouraging or assisting in the commission of the offence, by supplying the medication that Worby gave to the victim.

The trial continues.