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Michael Howie

Right-to-die activist takes own life after 'trauma' of suicide pod arrest

A euthanasia advocate who was arrested over the first reported use of a “suicide pod” has taken his own life, according to the device’s inventor.

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was held by police last year in connection with the death of a 64-year-old woman on suspicion of “inciting and abetting suicide” and a “strong suspicion of the commission of an intentional homicide”.

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