(ANSA) - Rome, February 28 - Marco Cappato said Tuesday that
would report himself later in the day for helping an Italian DJ
left blind and tetraplegic by a 2014 car crash, DJ Fabo, to
commit assisted suicide in Switzerland on Monday.
"At 14:45 I will go to the Carabinieri police to report
myself for aid to the suicide of Fabo," Cappato, who accompanied
the 39-year-old to Switzerland, said on his Facebook page.
Assisted suicide and euthanasia are illegal in Italy.
Cappato, a leading member of the Coscioni right-to-die
association, told Radio24 that he hopes to face a trial.
"I hope to be charged and to be able to defend myself at a
trial," he said.
"In Italy there is the crime of instigation to suicide, but
in this case there was no instigation".
The case has highlighted parliament's failure to legislate on
end-of-life issues and give people the ability to make out
living wills.
Cappato to report self at 14:45 (2)
Right-to-die activist hopes to be charged