A woman who leapt from a window in a bid to take her own life after suffering a brutal gang rape has been granted euthanasia by the courts and has given her poignant last words on the matter.
Noelia Castillo Ramos, a 25-year-old woman from Barcelona, was left traumatised with aggravated mental health issues after she was subject to a harrowing sexual assault in 2022.
The young woman even attempted to take her own life, plunging from a fifth-floor window that left her paraplegic and wheelchair-bound due to sustaining a severe spinal cord injury.
Ms Ramos said she simply wanted to "leave in peace" after enduring years of pain and suffering. Now, the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court in Spain has granted her wish.
The decision comes as her parents have desperately trying to intervene for several years to prevent their daughter from making the irreversible decision.
According to them, Ramos suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder. She experienced different stages of her life under institutional care, and was "relying on ... the Spanish mental healthcare system" before she was raped.
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