1 week Ago By The Independent
A woman who suffocated her terminally ill father with a pillow in his bed to end his “delirious” levels of pain has been spared jail. “Devoted daughter” Dr Lisa Davenport smothered her father Barry Davenport, 88, on the evening of 17 October 2022 in a so-called mercy killing at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The sentencing judge told Davenport, 55, he recognised he had “taken a merciful course” as he issued the warning: “I emphasise that however stressful the circumstances, no one is permitted to take matters into their own hands.
” The court heard the mother-of-two had carried “the burden and the privilege” of being his primary carer during his painful final months, as he suffered from a number of severe health conditions including aggressive pancreatic cancer. The defendant was handed a suspended prison sentence of two years at Oxford Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility. More follows on this breaking news story.
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