{"id":25817,"date":"2023-07-31T06:23:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25817"},"modified":"2023-07-31T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:23:38","slug":"david-hunter-british-husband-who-killed-wife-in-cyprus-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/31\/david-hunter-british-husband-who-killed-wife-in-cyprus-released\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hunter: British husband who killed wife in Cyprus released"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A British man freed by a Cypriot court after being sentenced for killing his seriously ill wife said he could not find words to describe his release.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David Hunter was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Janice, 74, in an assisted suicide at their Paphos home in 2021 and jailed for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The ex-miner, 76, from Northumberland, was freed after spending 19 months in custody awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Outside court Hunter thanked his colliery “family” for their support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He had told the trial his wife had “cried and begged” him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David and Janice Hunter retired to Cyprus 20 years ago, living near the resort of Paphos (Image: Family Handout)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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On the steps of Paphos District Court, he told the BBC: “I’d like to say thank you to all the people who’ve donated to me, and especially my mates and my workmates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t know where I would be without them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When you work in a colliery, you’re a family.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Asked how he was feeling, he said: “I can’t describe it. I’m sorry. I wish I could, I wish I could find words to describe it, but I can’t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When you’re under pressure for two years, not knowing which way it’s going to go.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hunter spoke to the media outside court after he was released from custody (Source: PA Media)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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His legal team had argued he should be given a suspended sentence, in a case which was a legal first in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They had initially suggested he would be released by 18 August, but prison authorities freed him on Monday after they officially calculated his release date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In mitigation last week, his defence lawyer Ritsa Pekri said his motive was to “liberate his wife from all that she was going through due to her health conditions”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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