Mujer del Reino Unido es suspendida sentencia por asfixiar a su padre enfermo terminal, visto como "misericordioso". UK woman gets suspended sentence for smothering her terminally ill father, seen as "merciful."

Una mujer del Reino Unido, la Dra. Lisa Davenport, recibió una sentencia suspendida de dos años después de admitir asfixiar a su padre enfermo terminal, Barrie Davenport, que sufría de cáncer de páncreas. A UK woman, Dr. Lisa Davenport, received a two-year suspended sentence after admitting to smothering her terminally ill father, Barrie Davenport, who was suffering from pancreatic cancer. La jueza reconoció sus acciones como un "derrotero misericordioso", reconociendo el dolor significativo en el que estaba su padre. The judge recognized her actions as a "merciful course," acknowledging the significant pain her father was in. Davenport, que era la principal cuidadora de su padre, confesó sus acciones y se consideró que tenía una enfermedad mental en ese momento. Davenport, who was her father’s primary caregiver, confessed to her actions and was assessed as having a mental illness at the time. El tribunal oyó que ella creía que su acto era un acto de misericordia. The court heard that she believed her act was an act of mercy.