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Neurosurgeon who suffocated cancer-stricken daughter with plastic bag avoids jail

Mehrnaz Didgar is considered a top neurosurgeon and claimed that her daughter wanted to die.

A top neurosurgeon who suffocated her own cancer-stricken daughter with a plastic bag has avoided jail despite being found guilty of murder.

Mehrnaz Didgar, 51, received a suspended five-year sentence for the murder of her 14-year-old daughter Eline

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