Mercy killer escapes jail over 'agonising conflict'

Mercy killer escapes jail over 'agonising conflict': A man who suffocated his chronically ill partner with a plastic bag has avoided jail, with a judge saying he was faced with an 'agonising conflict.' David Scott Mathers, 66, was handed a suspended sentence of two years today for the manslaughter of Eva Griffith in 2009 at her Ashfield home. He was also put on a two-year good behaviour bond.