Terminally ill Diane Pretty will hear the final verdict on her battle for the right to commit suicide with the help of her husband.

A top barrister today told a British High Court judge of the plight of a mother-of-two suffering from a "terrible" wasting disease who wants her husband to help her commit suicide.

The husband of a terminally ill woman today explained his wife’s decision to begin a landmark High Court battle for the right to die.