Fleming partner takes DPP to task

Tom Curran, the widowed partner of Marie Fleming who lost a landmark case on the right-to-die, has accused the DPP of ignoring the Supreme Court’s wish that guidelines be introduced to set out when people who help their loved ones to die would face prosecution.

Speaking after Gail O’Rorke was acquitted of assisting the suicide of her friend, MS sufferer Bernadette Forde, Mr Curran said she should never have been subject to a criminal charge.

However, the prosecution has been defended by the Pro Life Campaign, which described the DPP’s decision as “reassuring”.