Stated intention of prisoner in not eating or drinking ‘was to end his or her life’, Mr Justice David Barniville says
In early May, the prisoner began to refuse food or fluids having similarly refused on four or five previous occasions, most of which were short-lived.When the prisoner took a “more determined approach” to refusing food and fluids in May, the “stated intention of the prisoner was to end his or her life”, the judge said. The court heard the prisoner lost 8kg since March.
The prisoner also directed that those wishes were to be respected should they become incapacitated or unconscious; and that the AHD was to apply even if the prisoner’s life was at risk. The judge gave his decision on May 18th and said he would give a written judgment later setting out his reasons in full. The judgment was published on Tuesday.The court heard evidence from the prison governor, the Irish Prison Service’s national nursing manager, the prison chief medical officer, and an independent consultant forensic psychiatrist.
“I regretfully respect that my decision may not suit everybody but until a person stands in my shoes and carries my weight and my baggage, they will never understand.
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