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Jon Brady

Scots pensioner 'begged to be shot' as he died of crippling Motor Neurone Disease

A woman backing a campaign to give Scots the right to die says her father-in-law begged to be shot as he suffered a slow and "undignified" death from motor neurone disease.

Sue Adlam-Hill's father-in-law Eddie Scott died following a protracted battle with the disease - best known for its association with astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

In the last year of his life proud grandad Eddie lost the ability to eat, drink, speak and walk, ultimately becoming locked inside his own body.

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