The first woman to end her life using the controversial ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland was found with strangulation marks on her neck, reports Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant.

The Sarco pod, developed by Dr Philip Nitschke, was billed as a painless way for terminally ill patients to end their life with dignity. The pod enables its occupants to kill themselves by pressing a button, which leads to nitrogen gas filling the chamber. Dr Nitschke claims that the pod can provide a "quick, peaceful and dignified death."

The newspaper noted that “an autopsy had discovered 'strangulation' marks on the woman's neck,” which prompted Swiss chief prosecutor of the case, Peter Sticher, to float the possibility of “intentional homicide.”

A forensic doctor told the court that the woman had severe injuries to her neck.

Moreover, six and a half minutes after the woman pressed the button to end her life inside the suicide pod, Willet was heard to tell the pod designer over a call, “She's still alive, Philip.”

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meanwhile in Canada…