Needless Suicide Gets Easy Media Treatment

Daniel James was a twenty-something rugby player who became disabled after an accident of the field. He chose to go to Swiss death clinic Dignitas and kill himself - with the help of his parents. Please forgive me - I don't have too much sympathy, as there was no need for Dan to die, and certainly no need for his parents to support his decision.

Agony of helping a son to kill himself

Daniel James, the 23-year-old paralysed rugby player who became the youngest Briton to travel to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland, was so determined to end his life that he told his parents he would move out of the family home and starve himself to death if they did not help him. more

UK Doctor Aids & Abets Assisted Suicide

Daniel James was a 20-something young man who was paralyzed after a rugby accident. He went to Swiss death clinic Dignitas where he underwent assisted killing. Now it comes to light that his UK doctor knew what he was planning and essentially disobeyed British law by not telling authorities. The doctor needn't worry, though. While it's still illegal in the UK to assist in a killing, everyone is turning a blind eye.

Daniel James' GP knew he would go to Dignitas but did not tell police

Detectives who investigated the case of Daniel James said that his GP witnessed a formal declaration of his intentions two weeks before he died at the Dignitas centre in Zurich.

But police were only alerted on the day that Daniel flew to Switzerland with his parents, too late to attempt to convince him to change his plans, because the doctor wanted to preserve “patient confidentiality”. more