Dutch euthanasia doctor acquitted in landmark case A Dutch court acquits a doctor over euthanising a woman with severe dementia in a landmark case for the Netherlands, the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia. Prosecutors had accused the unnamed doctor of failing to properly consult the 74-year-old Alzheimer's patient in the case in 2016, saying that the woman may have changed her mind before about dying. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES