No prosecution for man who assisted his wife’s suicide

Michael Bateman helped his wife, who suffered from chronic pain due to an undiagnosed condition, commit suicide using a plastic bag and helium gas. But yesterday the UK Crown Prosecution Service revealed that Mr Bateman would not be prosecuted because his actions were “wholly motivated by compassion.” A spokesman for Care Not Killing, a pro-life campaign group, said: “We have concerns that the compassion test laid down by the DPP could be used as a backdoor legalisation of euthanasia and we will be looking at every case very closely.” Christian Institute