MND patient pleads for a law change

A FATHER living with motor neurone disease (MND) who took his fight for choice at the end of life to the High Court has appealed to MPs to change the "antiquated, out-of-date and frankly cruel" law which currently criminalises assisted dying.

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Phil Newby, 54, from Rutland, in the East Midlands, said a legal assisted dying service would likely be in place too late for him.

But, six years on from his efforts to bring change through the courts, he told how he would be "delighted" and find it "really satisfying" for Parliament to reform the law.

The father-of-two spoke out as a committee of MPs is expected to consider an amendment to the proposed legislation extending eligibility of those seeking help to die.