UK Appeal for LETTERS, Re: Assisted suicides and a plea for Kay Gilderdale

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Following the death of her beloved daughter, Lynn, for whom she cared for 17

years, Kay Gilderdale has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting suicide,

though not guilty to attempted murder and another count of aiding and

abetting attempted suicide.

Regrettably, the Crown Prosecution lawyer declined the invitation of Judge

Brown to drop the charges because he said it was not in the public

interest and a trial is scheduled for 12 January 2010.

The Crown Prosecution Service, however, could choose to drop the case at any

time.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, did intervene in the

case against Mark and , the parents of , the rugby

player who sustained dreadful injuries and wished to die.

Since MS sufferer Debbie Purdy won her case in the House of Lords for

clarification of the law about assisted suicides, it would be an appropriate

time to write to the DPP with your views about assisted suicides and appeal

for his intervention in the case against Kay. May I suggest that you

emphasise that you do not wish to discuss anything about the case, since it

is before the courts but just plead that the DPP intervenes to have the case

dropped. Since there will have to be a debate in the House of Commons before

any change in the law, you should copy your letter to your MP.

My appeal is for at least one person in each of the 650 constituencies to

write, in order to reach every MP and maximise support for Kay.

The address for letters is

Keir Starmer, QC,

The Director of Public Prosecutions

Crown Prosecution Service

50 Ludgate Hill

London

EC4M 7EX

You can find your MP here http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/

The Postal Address is

Name of your MP

MP for Your Constituency

House of Commons

London

SW1A 0AA

(Your letter will reach your MP even when the House is not sitting)

If you wish to make your support public and to encourage others to follow

your example, please forward it to me and we shall put it on a section on

our website with all the others who do the same.

There is also a page on Facebook called Prosecuting Kay Gilderdale is NOT in

the PUBLIC interest

Click here

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=103575747984 & ref=ts

Will you do it now? I can't think of anything more important just now.

Love & best wishes

drjohngreensmith@...

Dr H Greensmith

ME Free For All. org