Argyll and Bute woman backs assisted dying bill after husband's death was like "a crime scene"

An Argyll and Bute woman whose husband ended his life after years of battling with a brain tumour is telling us she lives with the painful memories of seeing him suffer.

Julie Lang is heading to Parliament later to support a new bill to help people with terminal illnesses choose when they would like to end their life.

"He couldn't swallow saliva which left him drooling"

She told Clyde 1: "Grahame was not able to swallow meaning all of his food and medication had to go through a tube in his stomach via noisy pump running for ten hours every night.

"He couldn't swallow saliva either which left him drooling all the time.

"The other thing it affected was his speech - he had a permanent tracheostomy and he could only make a sound with a mechanical speaking valve."

The proposals are being brought to MSPs by Liam McArthur from the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

It follows a poll for the charity Dignity in Dying putting average support at 78%.

"His death was effectively a crime scene"

Grahame tried to end his life twice before the last attempt was successful in January 2009.

Julie added: "Although there is no law against suicide in Scotland, when Grahame did die it was effectively a crime scene.

"The police and the CID had to be called and that was ghastly."

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