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Article: WA: Quadriplegic now has control over his own destiny
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 16, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2009
WA: Quadriplegic now has control over his own destiny
By Andrea Hayward
PERTH, Aug 16 AAP - Perth quadriplegic Christian Rossiter describes his life as a "living hell".
On Friday in Perth, Chief Justice Wayne Martin made a landmark ruling which effectively
gives Mr Rossiter an avenue to die by starving to death.
A series of injuries combined to make the 49-year-old a spastic quadriplegic last year.
Mr Rossiter, once a keen rock climber and adventurer, told the Supreme Court his life
was once exciting and enjoyable.
But the reality of his situation is far from that now.
"I am unable to undertake any basic human functions..." Mr Rossiter ...