‘Locked-in’ man in legal bid for help with suicide

A BRITISH man with “locked-in syndrome” who cannot move anything except his head and eyes launched legal proceedings yesterday to end his life.

‘Locked-in’ man in legal bid for help with suicide

Tony Nicklinson, 56, communicates with the use of a Perspex board and letters, looking, blinking and nodding to spell out words.

He is seeking clarification on the law to make sure that if he asks his wife Jane, 54, to take direct action so he can die, she will not be prosecuted for murder and be given a mandatory life sentence.

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