'Everyone is working to save your life', judge tells young woman suffering from anorexia

High Court judge spoke directly to woman in her hospital bed before approving order for her to be force-fed

The court heard the woman had expressed a wish to die, saying she had suffered from anorexia since she was 14 and believed her life could not be saved by medical intervention.

A High Court judge on Friday pleaded with a young woman suffering from anorexia to help him and her medical team save her life.

Mr Justice David Nolan, before making life-saving orders permitting her force-feeding by doctors and nurses, spoke personally with the woman, who said she wants only to be allowed to die.