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Has any one heard of Ray Gosling, He basically had a boyfriend who was dieing of AIDS in hospital in alot of pain. Ray Gosling helped him by ending his boyfriends life.

Police are trying to get a murder charge on him, do you think this is right or wrong?

Before you answer just think if you had some one you loved dying of a slow painful death like AIDS would you help them in that way if asked?

Quote:Presenter Ray Gosling did not think his decision to reveal on TV that he had killed his ailing lover would cause "many ripples", his solicitor said.

Mr Gosling, 70, was arrested on suspicion of murder and questioned on five occasions over 30 hours after admitting the mercy killing.

He said in a BBC film that he smothered the man as he lay in a hospital bed dying of Aids "many years ago".

Nottinghamshire Police said Gosling had been bailed to a date in April.

Lawyer Digby Johnson said Mr Gosling had been "very surprised" at the reaction the BBC East Midlands Inside Out programme had received after it aired on Monday evening.

'Taken aback'

"Ray thought it was a fairly short item on a regional television programme and it wouldn't cause many ripples," he said.

"The very magnitude of the attention really has taken him aback and has perhaps given him cause for thought in itself."

Mr Johnson added that his client would be on police bail for the next couple of months while detectives sifted through documentation and interviewed other witnesses.

He added: "Ray is really shattered. He is delighted to be out.

"He has not slept a great deal and he has had a lot of things to think about. But he is cock-a-hoop to be released.

Ray Gosling's solicitor: "He's faced up to it and answered a great deal of questions"

"He knows it is something that will go on for many months and, in a sense, it will always be with him, but he is delighted to get a break at this stage."

During the programme, Gosling said he had smothered his partner because he was "in terrible, terrible pain".

Since then, he has refused to name the man involved but has insisted his decision to speak out publicly was right.

Aiding or abetting another person's death is illegal in England and Wales under the 1961 Suicide Act, and is punishable by up to 14 years in jail.

But Gosling was arrested on suspicion of murder and, if convicted, faces a mandatory life sentence.

In the documentary Mr Gosling said: "We had a pact - he said if the pain gets bad and if nothing can be done, don't let him linger on."

He said he was aware of the possible consequences and had no regrets.

In the film Mr Gosling said: "It's a terrible situation. I loved him to bits.

"I picked up the pillow and smothered him until he was dead. When you love someone, it is difficult to see them suffer."

As far as humanity is concern, he has done nothing wrong. Just imagine how a person who is suffering from AIDS would be leaving. He would be living a life full of curse. He would not be getting love and respect from his friends and family members. So ray has done nothing wrong in giving his friend a merciful end to the life.

As far as law is concern, it may be considered as a crime. Though considering all of the aspects of humanity, he should not be penalized for it.

(02-19-2010 02:35 PM)trevorlawrence Wrote:  As far as humanity is concern, he has done nothing wrong. Just imagine how a person who is suffering from AIDS would be leaving. He would be living a life full of curse. He would not be getting love and respect from his friends and family members. So ray has done nothing wrong in giving his friend a merciful end to the life.

As far as law is concern, it may be considered as a crime. Though considering all of the aspects of humanity, he should not be penalized for it.

I had a boy firend with AIDS and it was horrible to watch. He did ask me a number of times to end it for him but I could not. But now I wish I did.

Instead of caring and helping to cheer up his friend, he exaggerated the condition of his friend. He definitely committed a crime and should be punished. I don't know why people are doing this kind of things.

mercy killingis not so good as everybody deserves to take their own choice