Man takes case over assisted suicide

A man with locked-in syndrome has launched a right- to-die legal challenge against guidelines preventing doctors from assisting patients to commit suicide.

The 50-year-old, identified only as “AM” or “Martin”, is almost totally paralysed by a stroke, unable to speak and wants to have the option of ending his life.

He is asking the High Court in London to rule that the General Medical Council’s guidance on assisted suicide unreasonably prevents doctors from actively assisting patients whose “lives are in ruins” and want to die.