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| Broadcaster admits mercy killing | Broadcaster admits mercy killing |
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| A freelance broadcaster for the BBC's Inside Out has admitted smothering his ailing lover in a mercy killing. | A freelance broadcaster for the BBC's Inside Out has admitted smothering his ailing lover in a mercy killing. |
| During a documentary on death and dying, Ray Gosling, 70, said: "I killed someone once... He'd been my lover and he got Aids." | |
| The Nottingham filmmaker explained he had had a pact with the deceased man to act if his pain increased. | |
| "I picked up the pillow and smothered him until he was dead... I have no regrets. I did the right thing." | "I picked up the pillow and smothered him until he was dead... I have no regrets. I did the right thing." |
| Time to share | Time to share |
| Mr Gosling said he smothered his former lover while he was in hospital after doctors told him that there was nothing further that could be done for him. | Mr Gosling said he smothered his former lover while he was in hospital after doctors told him that there was nothing further that could be done for him. |
| "I said to the doctor: 'Leave me just for a bit,' and he went away The doctor came back and I said: 'He's gone.' Nothing more was ever said. | |
| "When you love someone, it is difficult to see them suffer. My feelings on euthanasia are like jelly - they wobble about. | "When you love someone, it is difficult to see them suffer. My feelings on euthanasia are like jelly - they wobble about. |
| "This is the time to share a secret I have kept for quite a long time." | "This is the time to share a secret I have kept for quite a long time." |
| Ray Gosling: "We'd got an agreement - if it got worse, the pain, and nobody could do anything" | Ray Gosling: "We'd got an agreement - if it got worse, the pain, and nobody could do anything" |
| He did say he was aware of the possibility that he might be questioned by police about the issue. | He did say he was aware of the possibility that he might be questioned by police about the issue. |
| Assisted suicide remains a criminal offence, but guidelines issued in September by the director of public prosecutions set out the factors which weigh in favour of and against prosecution in different cases. | |
| When asked by Inside Out presenter Marie Ashby if he had regrets, Mr Gosling said: "Absolutely none. He was in terrible pain - I was there and I saw it. It breaks you into pieces." | |
| When asked by the BBC for further details about his former lover he declined to comment. | |
| "Some know, some don't. It's best that way. Let it be," Mr Gosling said. | |
| Mr Gosling, a writer and broadcaster of hundreds of radio and TV documentaries, wrote a documentary about his decision to move into sheltered accommodation in the documentary Ray Gosling OAP. | Mr Gosling, a writer and broadcaster of hundreds of radio and TV documentaries, wrote a documentary about his decision to move into sheltered accommodation in the documentary Ray Gosling OAP. |
| The programme won the Jonathan Gill most entertaining documentary award at the Grierson 2007 awards. | The programme won the Jonathan Gill most entertaining documentary award at the Grierson 2007 awards. |