Controversies surrounding Swiss Pegasos suicide clinic where bereaved British mum paid £10k to end life

Controversies surrounding Swiss Pegasos suicide clinic where bereaved British mum paid £10k to end lifeSENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: Wendy Duffy is one of several Brits who have travelled to the Pegasos facility with the intention of taking her own life, but she is not terminally sickNewsLiam Doyle11:14, 23 Apr 2026Updated 11:24, 23 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesWendy Duffy travelled to the Pegasos Clinic with the intention of killing herself(Image: Pegasos)A mum who "wanted to die" despite not being terminally unwell travelled to a controversial Swiss suicide clinic to end her life after paying the infamous centre £10,000.‌Wendy Duffy, 56, a former nurse from the West Midlands, boarded a plane to Switzerland this week with the intention to kill herself, and plans to do so "with a smile on my face" after receiving the green light from assisted dying facility Pegasos last year. She is physically healthy but in mental anguish from the death of her son, Marcus, 23, who died by choking four years ago when a piece of tomato became wedged in his throat.‌Ms Duffy said medics believed Marcus, then hungover, had likely died after falling asleep with part of a sandwich still in his mouth - but she has never recovered from his death and has paid Swiss suicide clinic Pegasos to facilitate her death.‌READ MORE: Dad who died after Stockbridge Village chippy attack named as tributes pour in for 'lovely fella'READ MORE: Brit mum with no terminal illness pays £10k to end her life at Swiss clinicView 6 ImagesPegasos is a more controversial assisted dying centre than Dignitas(Image: Pegasos)Speaking to the Daily Mail, Ms Duffy said she came to Pegasos after having tried to take her own life previously, with the attempt nine months after her son's death. She was left on a ventilator for two weeks and temporarily disabled. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, where Pegasos is one of several facilities offering to take people's lives.But unlike the more w...