Test case by Tony Nicklinson seeks declaration that any doctor terminating his life will be protected against murder charge….The disability means he cannot take his own life other than by slow starvation….The high court application goes far beyond assisted suicide. The director of public prosecution guidelines on assisted suicide, which list mitigating factors against individuals being prosecuted for assisting suicide do not apply as Nicklinson cannot be helped to kill himself, he must be killed
Guardian
“Locked-in syndrome sufferer begins high court battle for right to die”
January 22, 2012
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