“A terminally ill woman who wants her husband to help her die has lost her landmark High Court legal bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prosecutors fear a high court judgment today will lead to the first criminal cases against people who helped their terminally ill relatives to die.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Any reform of the law on assisting suicide is a matter for Parliament, not prosecutors, the Director of Public Prosecutions has told The Times.”
The Times, 27th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The case of a rugby player who died in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic is to be referred to the complex case unit of the Crown Prosecution Service.”
BBC News, 20th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police are investigating the death of a paralysed rugby player who went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.”
The Independent, 17th October 2008
“Baroness Warnock, Britain’s leading expert on medical ethics and a vocal supporter of euthanasia, has said that it would be wrong to give immunity from prosecution to relatives who help terminally ill patients to die abroad.”
The Times, 4th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is facing the ‘dilemma’ of when to take steps to kill herself or whether to wait until she needs help from her husband and risk his prosecution, the High Court was told yesterday. ”
The Times, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Assisted suicide is outlawed in the UK, with the 1961 Suicide Act making it illegal to ‘aid, abet, counsel or procure the suicide of another’. Helping somebody to die carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman with multiple sclerosis has told the BBC she wants the High Court to clarify the law on assisted suicide.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 100 Britons have travelled to Switzerland to make use of laws that allow assisted suicide, a practice prohibited in Britain.”
The Times, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman will this week launch a landmark legal battle to ensure that her husband is not prosecuted for helping her travel abroad to end her life.”
The Observer, 28th September 2008
Source:http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“The law on assisting suicide is to be simplified to increase public understanding and reassure people that it applies as much on the internet as it does off-line, Justice Minister, Maria Eagle said today.”
Ministry of Justice,17th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man who tried to carry out a suicide pact with his wife after she was taken into care with dementia has been spared jail by a judge at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 30th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former health minister Lord Warner has backed calls for a law change to allow assisted death for terminally-ill patients who want to die.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This woman doesn’t want to die, so why has she asked the High Court to allow her husband to assist in her suicide?”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A multiple sclerosis sufferer won permission today to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.”
The Independent, 11th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman with multiple sclerosis is due to ask the High Court to clarify the law on suicide.”
BBC News, 11th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who suffers from a degenerative disease has called for the law on assisted suicide to be clarified so that she can decide when she wants to die.”
The Independent, 7th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A husband who helped his wife to kill herself rather than watch her continue to suffer from a debilitating disease was given a 12-month suspended sentence yesterday.”
The Times, 2nd February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who helped an elderly friend to commit suicide was spared jail yesterday by a judge who said that she had acted ‘out of love and affection’.
The Times, 12th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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