Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishA daughter who killed her terminally-ill father has been allowed to walk free from court with a two-year suspended sentence by a judge.Dr Lisa Davenport, 55, smothered Barrie Davenport, 88, with a pillow at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire in October 2022.Oxford Crown Court heard Mr Davenport had been suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer and was in a great deal of pain during his final few hours of life.John Price KC, prosecuting, said that staff at Mr Davenport’s retirement complex and a doctor did not suspect foul play because his death was expected to be imminent.’When the doctor certified his death at 10pm on October 17 it was believed to be due to natural causes,’ he said.’But that was not so, Mr Davenport had been in fact unlawfully killed by his daughter, this defendant Lisa Davenport.’At about 7pm she had smothered her father with a pillow as he lay in his bed.’Mr Price said Davenport confessed an hour later to a neighbour and friend of her father about what she had done and asked her not to say anything. Dr Lisa Davenport (pictured) smothered her father with a pillow at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire in October 2022 Dr Davenport reportedly confessed to a friend about the killing an hour later Speaking outside court, Davenport said her family had paid a ‘heavy price’ for the death of Barrie The following morning Davenport, who by this point was visibly drunk, also confessed to the manager of the retirement complex who then reported it to the police.’Were it not for those confessions subsequently saying he had been unlawfully killed, it would have not been discovered,’ Mr Price said.’The evidence suggests that following his terminal diagnosis this defendant was a devoted carer of her father as his health declined.’It is accurate to say that no one could have done more for a clearly dying parent than she did.’The court heard that Mr Davenport was in a great deal of discomfort and there were difficulties in getting his pain management under control.’This defendant was distressed by how her father appeared,’ Mr Price said.’She asked for him to receive more pain relief. This background might explain why a devoted daughter did what she did to her father that evening.’The prosecution has always accepted that had there been a trial, it would have been the prosecution’s case that the motivation was clearly done in a ‘belief by the offender that it was an act of mercy’. ‘We would like now to be left in peace, to grieve and to start healing,’ she said’This phrase is accurately describing her motivation for doing what she did.’After killing her father, Davenport confessed to a friend of his, Angela Pountney.Miss Pountney told police: ‘Lisa said, ‘I smothered him’. I was shocked and could not say anything, and said, ‘Please don’t tell me’.’She said, ‘I smothered him’. She said, ‘You must not tell anybody and the family must not know because I will be sent to prison’.’Speaking outside court, Davenport said her family had paid a ‘heavy price’.’Three years ago, we discovered that our beloved dad had been given three months to live because he had terminal cancer,’ she said.’Nothing prepared us for what was to come.’My dad wanted to die at home, but his condition deteriorated so rapidly, and the community care system just couldn’t keep up to speed with that, so he didn’t get enough pain medication, as the prosecution experts said.’I had to watch my father suffer and no-one should have to go through that.’I accept that it’s against the law for me to have ended his suffering, but my family have paid a very heavy price.’We would like now to be left in peace, to grieve and to start healing.’
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