UK grieving mother travels to Swiss clinic to die by assisted suicide four years after son’s death

A grieving mother from the West Midlands has ended her life at a Swiss assisted dying clinic four years after the death of her only child, bringing renewed attention to the ongoing debate over assisted dying laws in the UK.

Wendy Duffy, 56, died at the Pegasos Swiss Association clinic in Basel on April 24, having struggled to cope with the loss of her 23-year-old son, Marcus.