Decriminalising assisted suicide could lead to involuntary deaths, expert tells court

An expert in palliative care has told the High Court today that decriminalising assisted suicide could lead to involuntary deaths particularly among the sick and the elderly.

Professor Robert George of Guy's Hospital in London is giving evidence in the case of Marie Fleming, a terminally ill woman with multiple sclerosis, who wishes to end her life in the presence of her partner at home in Arklow, Co Wicklow.