O’Rorke ‘convinced’ she would be found guilty

Gail O’Rorke, who was recently found not guilty of helping her friend to end her life, has said that she had been convinced she was going to jail.

The Dublin woman is the first person to be tried for attempting to assist another person’s suicide.

Her employer and close friend, Bernadette Forde, 51, who suffered with a severe form of multiple sclerosis, died on June 5, 2011, after taking a lethal dose of barbiturates ordered from Mexico.