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No guidance to be given on DPP discretion on assisted suicide

Thursday 30 October 2008 at 8:50 am | In News | Post Comment Debbie Purd, the multiple sclerosis sufferer, failed in High Court bid to know how far her husband Omar Puente can go in helping her to take her own life.

Her attempt to obtain advance guidance from the Director of Public Prosecutions on how he would exercise his discretion in such cases was comprehensively dismissed yesterday, despite being argued by the leading human rights lawyer David Pannick QC.
The decision is to be appealed.

Full report, here.