Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

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CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE
FAO: Director of Public Prosecutions
Confidential Advisory
Re: William John Traynor
4.9.2009
Detectives have now interviewed everyone involved in the above case, and I
attach files containing all related documents accordingly.
The subject at the centre of the investigation is Mr William Traynor, a 35-
year-old former partner in the firm Madingley Lewins, based in the City of
London. Mr Traynor suffered a spinal injury in a road accident in 2007 and had
been diagnosed C5/6 quadriplegic with very limited movement in one arm only,
requiring 24-hour care. His medical history is attached.
The papers show that Mr Traynor had been at pains to regularize his legal
affairs sometime before his trip to Switzerland. We have been forwarded a
signed and witnessed statement of intent by his lawyer, Mr Michael Lawler, as
well as copies of all relevant documentation relating to his consultations with the
clinic beforehand.
Mr Traynor’s family and friends had all expressed their opposition to his
stated desire to end his life prematurely but given his medical history and
previous attempts on his own life (detailed in his attached hospital records), his
intellect and strength of character, they were apparently unable to dissuade him,
even during an extended six-month period which was negotiated with him
specifically for this purpose.
It will be noted that one of the beneficiaries of Mr Traynor’s will is his paid
female carer, Miss Louisa Clark. Given the limited length of her association with