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A coroner has ruled that a paralysed rugby player who died in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic "killed himself". A paralysed rugby player who died in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic "killed himself", a coroner has ruled.
Coroner Geraint Williams told Daniel James' parents: "Nothing I can say will make your loss easier to bear. Please accept my condolences." Coroner Geraint Williams said he had no doubt that Daniel James intended to end his own life when he visited the clinic a year after a rugby accident.
Mr James, 23, of Worcester, died at the Dignitas clinic in September. Mr James, 23, from Worcester, who was paralysed from the chest down, died at the Dignitas clinic in September.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has said it would not be in the public interests to prosecute his parents.The Director of Public Prosecutions has said it would not be in the public interests to prosecute his parents.
Pre-booked hotel
Mark James, Daniel's father, told the inquest held at Stourport-on-Severn Coroner's Court, about the moment his son drank medication intended to kill him.
He said they had pre-booked a hotel in Switzerland and met the people from Dignitas while they were there.
"We had to take Dan to see a doctor over there on two occasions and there had to be a break between seeing the doctor.
"They had to interview Dan to find out that everything was as Dan said it was."
The doctor then prescribed a poison, he said.
Assisting a suicide is illegal in the UK and Mr James' parents, Mark and Julie, were investigated by West Mercia Police following his death.Assisting a suicide is illegal in the UK and Mr James' parents, Mark and Julie, were investigated by West Mercia Police following his death.
He had been paralysed from the chest down since a scrum collapsed on him during training with Nuneaton Rugby Club in March 2007.He had been paralysed from the chest down since a scrum collapsed on him during training with Nuneaton Rugby Club in March 2007.
But the Crown Prosecution Service said while there was "sufficient evidence" to charge them, it was not in the public interest to do so as Mr James's decision had not been influenced by his parents.But the Crown Prosecution Service said while there was "sufficient evidence" to charge them, it was not in the public interest to do so as Mr James's decision had not been influenced by his parents.