The assisted suicide of a woman who wanted to escape old age has reignited the debate about euthanasia.

Nan Maitland, 84, a right-to-die campaigner, was not terminally ill but suffered from arthritis and said her life consisted of ‘more pain than pleasure’…

Mrs Maitland, who was separated from her husband, continued: ‘Please be happy for me that I have been able to escape from this, for me, unbearable future.’ She is said to have had a three-hour meal with friends at a five-star hotel in Switzerland before going to the clinic in a chauffeur-driven limousine.