68-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis should be allowed to die, London judge rules

A judge has ruled that a 68-year-old woman ‘’locked into the end stage’’ of multiple sclerosis should be allowed to die.

The woman’s daughter had told how her mother was ‘’completely incapacitated’’ and asked Mr Justice Hayden to allow medics to stop providing “clinically assisted nutrition and hydration”.

Mr Justice Hayden yesterday granted the application.