Belgium refuses serial rapist and murderer’s assisted dying request

Frank Van Den Bleeken wanted state to help him end his life due to what his lawyer called ‘unbearable’ psychological suffering
An imprisoned Belgian serial rapist and murderer whose wish to die had been granted by doctors will not now be euthanised, following a fresh medical decision.Frank Van Den Bleeken, who has spent 26 years in jail for repeated rapes and a rape-murder, will be moved from his prison in the north-western city of Bruges to a new psychiatric treatment centre in Ghent, jus