Recorded last words of deceased: ‘It’s me, only me, and no one else’

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of assisting the suicide of her friend has heard the recorded last words of the deceased.

In her final message, Bernadette Forde stated that she was ending her life with no help from others. She expressed her frustration that she has to take her life on her own and could not speak to anyone close to her for fear she “could get them into trouble”.

The 51-year-old, who had worked as a human resources manager with Guinness, said that primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) had degraded her quality of life to the point where she wanted to end it with the assistance of the euthanasia organisation, Dignitas, in Zurich, Switzerland. She said when this plan failed she ordered “stuff from Mexico” online and had it delivered by courier.