She succeeded in arguing that it was a breach of her human rights not to know whether Puente, a Cuban jazz violinist, would be prosecuted if he accompanied her to the Swiss clinic Dignitas if her condition worsened.
Starmer had been required to publish the guidelines after the House of Lords judgment in the case of Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, who wanted clarification of whether her husband would be prosecuted if he accompanied her to the Swiss clinic Dignitas, which helps the terminally ill to die.
The guidelines were the result of a case brought by Debbie Purdy, a terminally ill woman, who in 2009 won a ruling from the law lords requiring the DPP to set out whether her husband would be committing an offence if he accompanied her to Dignitas, the Swiss assisted-suicide organisation, to end her life.
Purdy wants to know what would happen to her husband if he accompanies her to Zurich.
She wants an assurance that her husband, Omar Puente, 46, will not be prosecuted if he accompanies her to the Swiss clinic Dignitas to end her life.
"It means that people like Debbie won't be sure that her husband, if he accompanies her, won't be prosecuted after she has gone to the clinic.
Purdy, 46, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, who has primary progressive multiple sclerosis, succeeded in arguing that it is a breach of her human rights not to know whether her husband, Cuban jazz violinist Omar Puente, will be prosecuted if he accompanies her to Swiss clinic Dignitas where she wishes to die if her condition worsens.
Purdy, 46, from Bradford in West Yorkshire, who suffers from primary progressive multiple sclerosis, claims her human rights are being violated by the lack of a clear policy from the director of public prosecutions as to whether her husband, the Cuban jazz violinist Omar Puente, will be prosecuted if he accompanies her to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.
But the law remains clear and is there to protect the vulnerable". Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, went to court to protect her husband from prosecution if he accompanies her to Dignitas.
Even if he was accompanied by a reporter, generally not his favorite species of human, the motion soothed him.
Under the terms of the Asbo, his movement was restricted and he could only visit some areas in the community if he was accompanied by designated family members or family friends.
