by Paul Russell: New Zealand born South African based euthanasia advocate Sean Davison is in the press again, once more seemingly stepping across the line into assisting in suicide.In 2011, Davison was convicted in a New Zealand Court of assisting with the suicide of his own mother in 2006; a matte that came to light in the review of a draft of Davison's book, Before we say goodbye'. Davison admitted in 2010 to crushing 18 morphine tablets and mixing it into a glass of water before handing it to his mother, who had cancer. He was committed to home detention for five months before returning to South Africa and founding a 'right-to-die' movement.In September last year, Davison admitted at the world 'right-to-die' conference in Chicago that he had assisted in the suicide death of quadriplegic medical doctor in 2013. Australia's other 'Dr Death' Rodney Syme, gave a talk at that event was entitled: Challenging the Legal System - and getting away with it. Perhaps, Davison heeded Syme's advice as, on that occasion, no charges were ever brought against him.Only a few days before Davison made this revelation to his international cohort, his Dignity SA twitter feed hand-on-heart tweeted: "Dignity SA is committed to good palliative care. Assisted Dying (sic) is a last resort for a small % for whom palliative care is not enough." The doctor in question was not terminally ill. So much for standards.This week, according to South Africa's IOL news online, an anonymous caller had tipped off the Cape Times that Davison was about to assist in another suicide, this time of a patient in hospice care, apparently in his own home.When contacted by the Cape Times, Davison would neither confirm nor deny. However, he effectively admitted that something was afoot by telling the press: Continue reading