“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
“More than 30 Britons have written statements confessing to helping friends or relatives to die at a Swiss euthanasia clinic as part of a test case to change the law.”
The Times, 12th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who had intended to end his life by the time of his 48th birthday has delayed it because of legal wrangles.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A devoted husband who killed his wife after she begged him to help her die was convicted of murder yesterday. Retired accountant Frank Lund, 58, admitted suffocating his wife Patricia, 65, with a plastic bag and a pillow at their home in New Brighton, Merseyside, in September.”
The Independent, 10th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British courts regard euthanasia as murder and can impose a penalty of life imprisonment. Helping someone to commit suicide is also a criminal offence, punishable with a maximum 14-year jail sentence.”
The Independent, 8th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman has been forced to abandon a ground-breaking bid to end her own life, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 19th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A computer analyst who posted a message on the internet offering to help suicide attempts was cleared yesterday of breaking the law after a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence.”
The Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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