Year: 1996 Source: BMJ, v.313, no.7063, (October 19, 1996), p.961 SIEC No: 19970095

This is an article about Paul Brady who admitted killing his brother, who was terminally ill, from Huntington’s Disease. The judge, Lord McFadyen decided that a custodial sentence would be neither appropriate nor necessary and would have the effect of adding to the considerable suffering already experienced by the family.