A GRAN has been arrested for a second time over holding a sign near an abortion clinic offering to talk with women on their way into the baby-murdering facility.
Rose Docherty, 75, was quizzed by cops then led into a van by four officers for allegedly raising the placard in an anti-protest ‘buffer zone’ near Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
She became the first person lifted under new laws banning pro-life demonstrations within 200 metres of medical centres but faced no action after prosecutors dropped charges last month.
Ms Docherty was detained under the same rules this week for allegedly hoisting the poster reading: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.”
She said: “Everybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation.
“I held my sign with love and compassion, inviting anyone who wants to chat, to do so and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.
“I should not be treated as a criminal for inviting people to chat with me and lending a listening ear.
“Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow.
“And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.”
Ms Docherty, of Bishopbriggs, was taken in by cops for holding the same sign she was arrested for holding in February. She was handcuffed and taken away but told allegations against her were dropped earlier this month.
Ms Docherty was arrested under a fresh charge on Wednesday.
The pensioner was held in a police cell for two hours without a chair, despite having had both hips replaced.
Her lawyer Lorcan Price, of ADF International, a global advocacy group providing legal support for persecuted Christians, insists she has done nothing wrong.
He said: “It’s deeply concerning that Scottish policing resources are being ploughed into arresting and prosecuting a peaceful grandmother offering to speak to people in public, rather than focusing on the problems caused by real crime in Glasgow.
“This is not a case about harassment, intimidation or violent protest — this is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.”