Ramón Sampedro, the tetraplegic whose assisted death is the basis of Alejandro Amenábar's new film Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), died on video drinking a mixture of water and cyanide. So that no one individual would be blamed for the death, an incredible 13,000 people claimed responsibility for what was (and still is) an illegal act in Spain. Now the woman responsible, a close friend of Sampedro's called Ramona Maneiro, also known as "Moncha", has come forward and claimed responsibility for preparing and giving him the drink and for recording the famous video of his final moments, so as to put an end to the speculation. She had previously been accused of the "crime", but was never charged for lack of proof. Sampedro, who evidently paid great attention to the details of his own end, apparently told Maneiro not to kiss him on the lips after he had drunk the lethal concoction. 
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