SERIAL MURDERER AND RAPIST GIVEN RIGHT TO DIE IN BELGIUM

  A serial murderer and rapist,Frank Van Den Bleeken,50, has been behind bars for 30 solid years and has no hope of release because of his intensely violent urges. He has now been given the right to end his life under the controversial Belgian euthanasia laws.Judges in Brussels,Belgium have unanimously agreed that Van Den Bleeken can commit suicide with the help of medics. According to the prisoner's lawyer: ''Over recent years,he has been seen by several doctors and psychologists, and their conclusion is that he is suffering and suffering unbearably.''
  It will be the first time that a Belgian legal ruling about euthanasia which specifically applies to a serving prisoner has been handed down.It was rubber stamped by the country's Justice Ministry. Van Den Bleeken had no more zest for life and had made an official request to be euthanised. He will be transferred from his prison in Bruges to a hospital,where he will be euthanised.