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Officer's wife had told Court of Protection that her husband should be allowed to die.

Doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a policeman who was left in a coma after a road accident, a judge has ruled.

Merseyside PC Paul Briggs, who also served as a soldier in the Gulf War, suffered a severe brain injury in a motorcycle crash while on duty in July last year.

At a hearing in the Court of Protection earlier this month, PC Briggs’ wife Lindsey had told Mr Justice Charles that he should be allowed to die – and wanted life-sustaining treatment to end.

But doctors said the judge should be cautious and that there was “potential” for Mr Briggs to emerge from a minimally conscious state.

Mr Justice Charles announced his decision on Tuesday and said Mr Briggs would go on to a palliative care regime at a hospice.

Mrs Briggs said: “The court case was the hardest thing we have ever had to do but we did it for Paul, to honour his wishes.

“We are grateful that Mr Justice Charles has shown compassion towards Paul, has respected his wishes and values and has understood what Paul would have wanted.

“He has been able to place himself in Paul's situation, and for that we will be forever thankful.”

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This could have happened to any of us, I know what I would want and so does my wife. It would never have been an easy decision to make by Mrs Briggs but, she will have seen him day after day with the heartbreak and anguish that went with that.  At least she found a Judge who had understanding and compassion. May Paul pass peacefully and the family be allowed to grieve in peace.

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All very sad and a difficult decision for anyone to have to make. May he rest in peace.

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R.I.P. PC Paul Briggs 

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May he rest in Peace and our thoughts should go out to the family who had to make the most difficult decision of their lives.