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Blur's Dave Rowntree revealed his ex-wife travelled to Dignitas alone. (Image: Getty)
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has slammed the UK's 'psychopathic' assisted death laws, revealing his terminally ill ex-wife felt forced to die alone in Switzerland earlier this year.
The 60 year old musician expressed his anger at the current legislation that leaves some terminally ill individuals with the 'brutal' option of ending their lives without the legal means to seek help.
Rowntree's comments come ahead of a new bill proposing amendments to the assisted dying law in England and Wales, set to be introduced under stringent conditions.
Rowntree and Paola Marra tied the knot in 1994 but went their separate ways in the early 2000s. Despite their divorce, he was among those who supported her following her terminal bowel cancer diagnosis, which ultimately led her to choose to end her life in Zurich, Switzerland.
Marra, originally from Canada, decided to make the solitary journey to Switzerland in March after enduring multiple gruelling treatments and operations. With the knowledge that her cancer was incurable, she sought to avoid a potentially agonising and undignified demise, especially as she was allergic to strong painkillers, reports the Mirror.
Six months after his ex-wife's passing at Dignitas in Switzerland, Rowntree has branded the UK's stance on assisted dying as 'psychopathic', accusing it of demonstrating "absolutely no empathy for the sufferer".
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