BBC presenter released on bail in probe over ‘mercy’ killing confession

A VETERAN BBC broadcaster arrested on suspicion of murder after he confessed to smothering an ex-lover who had AIDS was released on bail yesterday, his lawyer said.

BBC presenter released on bail in probe over ‘mercy’ killing confession

Ray Gosling, 70, was arrested on Wednesday after admitting he had killed the unidentified man as he lay seriously ill in hospital “in the early period of AIDS” – likely to be during the 1980s.

Gosling’s confession during a television programme on Monday has highlighted an intense debate in Britain about assisted suicide, ahead of the publication of new government guidelines next week.

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