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MONTREAL, Jan 24, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A 60-year-old Canadian woman admitted in a Montreal court that she assisted in the suicide of her 36-year-old son, who was stricken with multiple sclerosis.
The plea by the retired nursing assistant helped prevent a trial that might have tested Canada's law against assisted suicide, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. It is not clear what sentence she might get as she has no prior record.
Her attorney wanted to take the case to trial to challenge the law, but later noted his client had not recovered from the death of her son 16 months ago, the report said.
The son, a playwright and a former nurse at a Montreal chronic-care center, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002. In two years, the degenerative disease began to affect his mobility and he had told those close to him he wanted to die with dignity, the report said.
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