SA right-to-die activist freed from house arrest

South African Sean Davison has been released from three years of house arrest after being found guilty in 2019 of premeditated murder for helping three people to kill themselves.

“I do not regret for one minute what I did,” he is quoted by the Times Live news site as saying.

The 59 year old was arrested in September 2018 in connection with the death of his friend in 2013, who had become a quadriplegic after a car accident.

He was given a sentence of eight years in total, five of which were suspended.

Assisted suicide and euthanasia are illegal in South Africa.

New Zealand-born Davison is a forensic scientist and is the founder of right-to-die organisation, DignitySA.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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