by Samuel Hudson, Daily Mail
A GP dubbed ‘doctor death’ failed to bring his ‘suicide collar’ into Britain amid fears it would be seized by customs.
Hugely controversial Dr Philip Nitschke said he feared it being confiscated so instead left it in Holland before making the trip to Britain for a talk.
MPs and campaigners had called on the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to ban Dr Nitschke from even being allowed to enter Britain.
He had planned to do a live demonstration of the Kairos ‘suicide collar’ at an event in London on Saturday.
The Australian spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail at a packed event, held just six days before MPs vote at Second Reading on Lauren Edwards’ revived assisted dying Bill.
He was on stage at an Exit Workshop in west London, which was packed, with almost every seat taken by a largely elderly audience who were considering assisted suicide.
Dr Nitschke, the controversial founder of Swiss euthanasia organisation Exit International, defended the device.
The collar, called ‘Kairos’, consists of two balloons that exert pressure on the carotid artery, leading first to unconsciousness and then to death.