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Sentence delay

Wednesday 10 February 1993 00:02 GMT
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MURCIA (Reuter) - A young woman was sentenced to six months' imprisonment yesterday for having a backstreet abortion when she was 18 years old in 1985. Court officials gave no reason for the delay in trying the woman, but Spain's legal system is known to be slow.

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