DORSET woman Alison Davis, who has been protesting against motor neurone disease sufferer Diane Pretty's appeal to the House of Lords for the right to die, has at least two weeks to wait before she hears the decision.

Spina bifida sufferer Ms Davis, 46, from Milborne St Andrew, near Dorchester, went to London for the hearing as she is against legalising euthanasia.

Despite being in constant pain herself, Ms Davis is hoping that Diane Pretty, a 42-year-old mother from Bedfordshire, will not succeed in her bid to overturn the High Court's decision that her husband should not be immune from prosecution if he helps her die.

And she says that legalising euthanasia is the "hallmark of a society that has given up on its most vulnerable members".

Her full-time carer Colin Harte, who went to London with her, said today: "The hearing finished yesterday.

"There has been no definite date given as to when we will find out the result, but we have been told they will try to make a judgement in two weeks' time.

"It's hard to say how it has gone, though we were encouraged by the lawyers who spoke on behalf of the Government in favour of keeping the existing law."

Mr Harte added: "Alison has found it very difficult to come up here, but she feels that she has to do it because who else will?

"She feels that one side of this story is not being told."