Mercy-killing death: women found guilty

from the SMH
Geesche Jacobsen
June 19, 2008 - 3:50PM

In a blow to the euthanasia movement, a jury has found one women guilty of the manslaughter and another an accessory to the manslaughter of Alzheimer's sufferer and former Qantas pilot Graeme Wylie.

...He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in March 2003 and the case centered on his capacity at the time of his death to decide he wanted to commit suicide.

...The court also heard that Mr Wylie's will - in Justins' favour - was changed a week before his death. Under an old will she stood to gain half of his $2.4 million estate, with the rest to be divided between his daughters.