euthanasia Archives - New Mail Nigeria https://newmail-ng.com/tag/euthanasia/ Hottest and Latest Updates of News in Nigeria. Re-defining the essence of News in Nigeria Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:18:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://newmail-ng.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-newmail-logo-32x32.png euthanasia Archives - New Mail Nigeria https://newmail-ng.com/tag/euthanasia/ 32 32 Belgian murderer Van Den Bleeken wins ‘right to die’ https://newmail-ng.com/belgian-murderer-van-den-bleeken-wins-right-die/ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:58:48 +0000 http://newmail-ng.com/new/?p=13649 A Belgian man serving a life sentence for rape and murder will be allowed to have doctors end his life, after a landmark ruling. Unable to control his violent sexual urges, Frank Van Den Bleeken, who is 50, argued he would never be freed. The decision follows a three-year legal battle by the prisoner, who […]

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]]> A Belgian man serving a life sentence for rape and murder will be allowed to have doctors end his life, after a landmark ruling.

Unable to control his violent sexual urges, Frank Van Den Bleeken, who is 50, argued he would never be freed.

The decision follows a three-year legal battle by the prisoner, who was convicted in the 1980s.

The ruling is the first involving a prisoner since the assisted dying law was introduced in Belgium 12 years ago.

Van Den Bleeken will soon be transferred to a hospital where the medical procedure will take place, his lawyers told reporters.

“But I cannot say when or where that will happen,” Jos Vander Velpen added

Van Den Bleeken first requested euthanasia in 2011, citing “unbearable psychological anguish”, but Belgium’s Federal Euthanasia Commission wanted to consider every possible treatment option, before consenting to such a measure.

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