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| Failed 'mercy killing' wife dies | |
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| A woman convicted of trying to kill her husband in 1998 in what she said was an attempted "mercy killing" has died in an assisted suicide in Switzerland. | |
| Vicky Wood, from Harbertonford, Devon, who had a lung disease, spoke of her intention to die at the Dignitas clinic five years ago. | Vicky Wood, from Harbertonford, Devon, who had a lung disease, spoke of her intention to die at the Dignitas clinic five years ago. |
| The artist was sentenced to two years probation in 1999 for trying to kill her husband Tim, who had dementia. | The artist was sentenced to two years probation in 1999 for trying to kill her husband Tim, who had dementia. |
| The office of Anthony Steen MP said it had been informed of the death. | The office of Anthony Steen MP said it had been informed of the death. |
| Mrs Wood took her husband out of a care home in October 1998 and attempted to end his life at their home. | |
| She was arrested after she called the emergency services and police because she feared he had been injured when he fell to the floor. | |
| She later admitted attempting a "mercy killing". | |
| Mr Wood, 69, later died in July 1999 from natural causes. He had been a member of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society. | |
| Mr Wood, a former teacher at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, had suffered from irreversible dementia since 1993 and was diagnosed as having Parkinson's disease in 1998. | |
| In 2005 Mrs Wood said she had "no intention of going into a home". |