Nephew had ‘no problem’ with helping aunt’s suicide

The trial of a woman accused of assisting her friend’s suicide has heard the deceased’s nephew had “no problem” helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

Bernard Forde Monaghan told the trial that his aunt, Bernadette Forde, 51, who suffered from a severe form of multiple sclerosis, wanted to end her life on her own terms and that nobody could have persuaded her to change her mind.

Mr Forde Monaghan said he was asked by the accused, Gail O’Rorke, to travel with them to Dignitas. He told the court