Belgium: a rapist will be euthanized at his request – RTL.fr

Belgium: a rapist will be euthanized at his request – RTL.fr

Credit: VIRGINIA LEFOUR / BELGA / AFP

Frank Van Den Bleeken at a hearing in Brussels on 25 November 2013 (archives).

A convicted serial rapist, who had long demanded to be allowed to die for psychological reasons, will be euthanized in Belgium on January 11 , announced this Saturday January 2nd the newspaper De Morgen .

The daily says Frank Van Den Bleeken, who has spent the last thirty years in prison after multiple convictions for rape and murder, will be euthanized in a prison of Bruges, in the northwest of the country.

“Euthanasia will be applied effect,” said one of the holder Word of the Department of Justice Flemish newspaper, which gives the date of 11 January. “Now the time has come,” said she said.

Psychological suffering “unbearable”

Frank Van Den Bleeken demand for years that the state help to end his life because of psychological suffering” unbearable “in the words of his lawyer. Justice has finally accepted his request in September 2014.

Frank Van Den Bleeken, who considers himself as a threat to society, refused early release but estimated its inhumane conditions, according to an interview he gave to a Belgian media.

Belgium, which legalized euthanasia under certain conditions in 2002, a record of 1,807 cases in 2013 . For the authorization is granted, must be that the patient is capable of discernment, conscious and has made a request to do so “voluntarily , thoughtful and repeated”.

The editorial recommends