Please let me die

21 July 2010 - 08:54
By Sapa-AP

A man who is paralyzed from the neck down, has gone to court to find out if his wife will be prosecuted if she helps him die

Tony Nicklinson suffered a catastrophic stroke in June 2005 and can only communicate by moving his eyes, blinking and nodding.

In a witness statement provided to London’s High Court, the 56-year-old said he was fed up with his life and wanted to die.

Nicklinson is unable to end his own life and wants to know whether his wife, Jane, faces prosecution for murder if she kills him.

Assisted suicide and mercy killing are illegal in Britain.