When asked about assisted suicide, she explained: “I would like to see it legalised, extremely much so.
“But I have to put the caveat that it has to be properly carried out you have to make certain that people do not go round killing elderly men and women, say, just for the inheritance.
“But I can not imagine how any individual can seem at the Tony Nicklinson situation [the paralysed stroke victim who misplaced a Higher Court case in 2012 to finish his life by assisted suicide] and see his suffering and be against it.
“It’s very a basic issue for me – and I understand it is not for everyone – but we require to search at this issue significantly.”
Hesmondhalgh had decided to leave the ITV soap to concentrate on theatre roles, with writers determining the “deep love” between her and on-display husband Roy meant she would have to be killed off rather than depart.
Roberts said: “We’re not an concern-based display but at times a story will highlight an problem and this is this kind of a situation.
“Pancreatic cancer is one that men and women could not know a good deal about and the appropriate-to-die concern will spark a debate, I’m certain, and that’s proper and suitable.”
Assisted suicide ought to be legalised, Coronation Street"s "Hayley" argues
