'I'll go to jail to help my friend die' says campaigner

Nov 4 2008 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

‘I’ll go to jail to save Lisa from suffering’

A HUDDERSFIELD woman says she is prepared to go to prison to save her partner enduring terrible suffering from a terminal illness.

Denny May’s partner, Lisa Cook, has Huntington’s Disease and faces death from a slow, painful illness that could last 15 years.

Her mobility would diminish, she would find speaking and swallowing difficult and she is likely to slowly choke to death on her own saliva.

The mother-of-one has already made the decision that she wants to die before the deterioration kicks in.

Denny, from Fartown, says she is prepared to go to prison if she has to help her.