Thursday, March 1, 2012

QLD:Man denies helping friend take his life


AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2012
QLD:Man denies helping friend take his life

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Feb 2 AAP - A man accused of helping an elderly friend kill himself with
a vet anaesthetic denies he bought the drug during a trip to Mexico, a Brisbane court
has been told.

Merin Nielsen, 50, of Mt Nebo, pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court on Thursday
to one count of aiding suicide.

It's alleged he helped 76-year-old Frank Ward, who was found dead in his Clayfield
unit on Brisbane's northside on June 20, 2009, to take his life.

The court heard Mr Ward had taken a high dose of a drug normally …

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