The son of a former prison governer who suffered from motor neurone disease escaped prosecution after helping his father to end his own life because it was "not in the public interest".

William Maguire, 54, was put in "an almost impossible position" by his father's illness, and helped him to commit suicide "out of great love", assistant coroner John Matthews told Isle of Wight Coroner's Court.

Mr Maguire Jnr was arrested by Hampshire Police but later released without charge after the CPS decided not to go ahead with the prosecution.

His father, also called William Maguire, had a series of health problems including severe lung disease, raised blood pressure, bowel inflammation and depression. He was then diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the start of 2015.

He had talked about travelling to Swiss assisted suicide clinic Dignitas and was "determined" to end his own life, the inquest heard.