coerced

Reprieve alleges that these men are "stock witnesses" - people improperly influenced or coerced by the authorities into giving evidence in a case.

However the judge said there was no evidence he had been blackmailed or coerced rather that "it is hard to think of a case of higher culpability".

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who is against the bill, has warned that people nearing the end of their lives may feel "coerced" by a lack of better alternatives.

In the US, the brothers also face a civil suit from a woman alleging they coerced her into sex work, and then defamed her after she gave evidence to Romanian authorities.

They say that in the days following his arrest he was tortured and coerced into signing a false confession to participation in the killings.