Carer jailed for life for killing ill father

A transgender carer who suffocated her bedridden father as an “act of mercy” due to his multiple sclerosis has been jailed for at least four years.

Claire Darbyshire, aged 36, killed 67-year-old Brian at their home in Dagenham, east London, on September 2 last year.

Afterwards, she claimed they had made a “suicide pact” as his illness had become intolerable and she did not want to go on without him.