Mum 'may have hastened' her young son's death when she gave him a morphine overdose A loving mum “may have hastened” the death of her terminally ill son when she gave him a morphine overdose, an inquest heard.
Dr Pinches said: “She said she was relieved and had I been in her position I would have been too.” The family’s GP, Dr Peter Tate, said he believed “no line was actually crossed in relation to the treatment of Hamish”.
In a statement, retired doctor Patricia Pinches - who certified Hamish's death - said Antonya claimed Hamish had "died after going to sleep".
On Hamish’s last night, I said, ‘Would you like me to remove the pain?’ He said, ‘Yes please, mama’.
Antonya Cooper’s son Hamish had stage 4 cancer when she administered the large dose of morphine sulphate in 1981.
