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  Suicide 05 May 2005  
Suicide: What is a partner's responsibility?
What are a partner's moral responsibilities?

Jill Anderson was found not guilty of manslaughter by negligence at Leeds Crown Court after she watched her husband die from an overdose.

She was prosecuted after failing to call for medical help when her husband, who suffered from ME, swallowed morphine and left a suicide note.

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