A woman with multiple sclerosis has lost her Appeal Court case to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

Debbie Purdy, 45, from Bradford, is considering going to a Swiss clinic to end her life, but fears her husband may be charged on his return to the UK.

She wanted clarification of where her husband, Omar Puente would stand legally if he helped her in any way.

But Ms Purdy said after the ruling: "I feel that I have won my argument, despite having lost the appeal."

I'm not prepared for him to face the British justice system without me Debbie Purdy

She was diagnosed with primary progressive MS in 1995 and is now losing strength in her upper body. She has been in a wheelchair since 2001.

Ms Purdy has said she will take legal advice on what to do next, but said it was likely she would take her case to the House of Lords.

High Court judges ruled in October that official guidance did not need to change.

'Parliament's decision'

The Appeal Court judges had been asked to reconsider that judgement.

But they said: "Notwithstanding our sympathy for the dreadful predicament in which Mrs Purdy and Mr Puente find themselves, this appeal must be dismissed."

They said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) could not adopt a "case-specific policy in the kind of certain terms sought by Ms Purdy".