Fanatic Dr Nitschke On Convictions For The Aiding & Abetting of Suicide

Verdict won’t stop Exit group: Nitschke

June 20, 2008 – 5:32PM

The conviction of two women over the euthanasia death of a former Qantas pilot will not force a review of his assisted suicide group Exit International, says Dr Philip Nitschke.

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Shirley Justins, 59, and Caren Jenning, 75, both face up to 25 years in jail after on Thursday being found guilty over the manslaughter of Alzheimer’s sufferer Graeme Wylie.

Mr Wylie, 71, was killed with a lethal dose of the barbiturate Nembutal at his Cammeray home in Sydney in March 2006.

Justins, Mr Wylie’s de facto wife of 18 years, was found guilty of manslaughter in the NSW Supreme Court for giving Mr Wylie the Nembutal.

Jenning was convicted of being an accessary before the fact of manslaughter because she travelled to Mexico to buy the euthanasia drug.

The jury found Justins had failed to ascertain if Mr Wylie had the mental ability to decide to die.

Dr Nitschke on Friday said the guilty verdict would not put a halt to Exit International, but would act as a test case for the euthanasia advocates.

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