Minnesota ex-nurse convicted again of assisting Briton's suicide

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Minnesota ex-nurse convicted again of assisting Briton's suicide

By David Bailey MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A former nurse in Minnesota was convicted on Tuesday for a second time of intentionally assisting in the suicide of a British man who hanged himself and of attempting to assist the suicide of a Canadian woman who died after jumping into a river. In a written decision, Rice County Judge Thomas Neuville found there was significant evidence William Melchert-Dinkel assisted Mark Drybrough, 32, in his 2005 suicide in Coventry, England, even though he had not provided physical assistance. The judge also found that Melchert-Dinkel, 52, tried to help Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Ottawa, with a suicide, although his encouragement and instruction on how to hang herself were not a direct cause of her 2008 death. Both Drybrough and Kajouji chatted online or exchanged emails with Melchert-Dinkel days before killing themselves, according to court papers.

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