A man who tried to live stream his own death on Facebook is planning to head to Switzerland to benefit from assisted suicide after the French authorities denied him euthanasia despite his viral campaign. Alain Cocq, 57, suffers from a disease that is so rare that it does not even…
A Brazilian singer accused of strangling his girlfriend to death and then faking her suicide has been arrested. Cleverson ‘Kevyn’ Siebre, 27, who is accused of killing Tatila Istela Portugal Gomes, 24, was ordered remanded in custody on 8th February. Kevyn was arrested two weeks after the death of his…
A soldier arrested carrying several kilos of drugs has committed suicide after stealing a gun from a trainee officer and then shooting himself. The 33-year-old, who has not been named, belonged to the 9th Marine Infantry Regiment stationed in French Guiana. He was on leave and had travelled back from…
One of Diego Maradona’s doctors of 30 years has insisted the football legend’s death was suicide and that he already tried it once before in Cuba. Dr Alfredo Cahe made the claim on the Argentine radio programme El Giglico broadcast by LS5 Radio Rivadavia on 20th December. Dr Cahe treated…
A Spanish woman who always insisted she was innocent after being convicted of killing her adopted Chinese daughter has committed suicide after she was found hanged in her prison cell. The case was constantly in the Spanish media at the time, and last year was featured in a four-part documentary…
