A married hospital consultant has been jailed for six years for spiking his pregnant lover's drinks to make her lose her baby.
Dr Edward Erin, 44, of Kensington, west London, was found guilty last month of spiking Bella Prowse's coffee and orange juice to make her miscarry.
But Miss Prowse, 33, spotted that her drinks had been tampered with and took them to the police, the Old Bailey was told.
Tests showed they contained drugs which induced abortion. Miss Prowse later gave birth to a healthy boy, Ernie.
Now the father-of-two faces the end of his high-flying career.
Last month a jury found him guilty of two charges of attempting to administer poison to procure an abortion.
He was cleared of administering poison in a cup of tea which she drank, and the jury could not agree on a charge that he obtained the drugs without Miss Prowse's knowledge.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not seek a retrial on that charge.
Hospital secretary Miss Prowse said later: "Ed has done this evil, horrible thing to me but Ernie has nothing to do with him. In my mind, they're completely separate.
Although Ernie is blue-eyed and blond-haired while Dr Erin has dark looks, Miss Prowse insists he is the father. Erin has provided DNA for a paternity test but the results are not yet known.
