On the 26 September 2020, 47-year-old Rebecca Burden was requested by her elderly father suffering dementia (and brain injury) to kill him in a Brisbane nursing home has tried to do just that by suffocating him in what the court referred to as a moment of poor judgment.
It is reported that Rebecca tried to suffocate her 68-year-old father after he begged her to kill him. Rebecca then placed a pillow over his face to execute his request.
Rebecca pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder at the Brisbane Supreme Court before being sentenced on 22 July 2022 to 5 years imprisonment.
She is eligible for parole in May 2023.
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2022 has passed in New South Wales effectively allowing voluntary assisted drying for terminally ill patients to put an end to their life. NSW was the last of the States and Territories to decriminalise euthanasia in Australia.
