Savita's husband receives hate mail

The husband of an Indian dentist who died following a miscarriage has received hate mail from anti-abortion groups.

Praveen Halappanavar revealed he has been ordered to leave Ireland and to “clean the mess” caused by the death of his wife Savita, who died after she was refused an abortion in Galway last year.

The widower, who has issued legal proceedings against the Health Service Executive for alleged negligence in his wife’s death, said someone still needs to answer for it.

“I’ve been receiving abuse letters from different campaigners,” Mr Halappanavar said.

“One particular campaigner keeps writing again and again. I was told to leave the country. I was told to clean the mess in our country rather than cleaning the mess here.”