Right-to-die pensioners face jail terms of up to 2.5 years

Six pensioners aged between 70 and 80 who are charged with helping people to kill themselves in an organised way, should be jailed for up to 2.5 years, the public prosecution department said at Monday’s hearing. But a seventh person, 70-year old Petra de Jong, should be found not guilty because she did not take part in the distribution of the suicide powder by the group, the public prosecutor said. All seven on trial are either members or former members...