Euthanasia campaigner starts hunger strike
Published Date:
09 May 2008
By Staff Copy
CAMPAIGNING former Hucknall man Bill Starr begins a hunger strike next Tuesday – and he says he is determined to keep it up "for as long as it takes".
Bill's wife, Maureen, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was a resident of Lowmoor Nursing Home at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, died last December at the age of 64.
Now Bill (77) is protesting against the "so-called care system of Britain" at homes for the elderly mentally ill.
He claims that Maureen was trapped in a "living hell" and he adds: "I hope her suffering will not be in vain because the general public chooses to remain mute."
Bill, formerly of Curtis Street in Hucknall and an ex-Newstead Colliery miner, says: "I have nothing left in my life without Maureen and I am not scared of dying."
In January last year, the Dispatch exclusively reported that Bill went to Lowmoor with the aim of killing Maureen.
He then found himself banned by Notts County Council and Nottingham City Council from seeing his wife without supervision.
He has since launched a campaign for legalised voluntary euthanasia, even writing to the Queen.
The full article contains 194 words and appears in Hucknall Dispatch newspaper.
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Last Updated:
10 May 2008 11:47 AM
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Source:
Hucknall Dispatch
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Location:
Hucknall
