The tragic case of Graham Mansfield, the pensioner convicted last month of killing his wife in a suicide pact at their home in Hale, has reopened the debate about assisted dying. Speaking outside Manchester Crown Court Mr Mansfield, who was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter after slitting his terminally ill wife Dyanne's throat, called for a change in the law on euthanasia.
"She shouldn't have had to have died in such barbaric circumstances," Mr Mansfield said. "As far as I'm concerned, as soon as we can get some form of euthanasia in this country, the sooner that happens the better this country will be."
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