The senior prosecutor in the North is to produce new interim guidance following a landmark legal ruling on assisted suicide.

British law on assisted suicide should be made “appropriate for the 21st century”, right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy said today as prosecutors began work on new guidelines following her landmark legal win.

MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy yesterday won a legal bid to force the government to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

A WOMAN who suffers from multiple sclerosis yesterday lost a legal challenge over whether her husband could be prosecuted if he helps her to commit suicide.