David Hunter has been on trial for murder over the death of 75-year-old Janice Hunter on the island in December 2021. The former miner from Northumberland admits killing Mrs Hunter but his legal team have argued it was an assisted suicide.
A British pensioner is set to plead guilty to the manslaughter of his terminally ill wife in Cyprus as the murder charge he faced is"no longer on the table", his lawyer has said.over the death of 75-year-old Janice Hunter on the island in December 2021.
A trial at Paphos District Court was postponed last month after Mr Hunter's lawyers asked for the murder charge against him to be reduced to manslaughter.At a hearing on Friday, the prosecution and defence announced they had agreed facts in the case and Mr Hunter will enter a guilty plea to manslaughter on 5 December, according to Justice Abroad, which is representing the Briton.Lawyers for Mr Hunter asked for a murder charge to be reduced to manslaughter.
"We hope given the particular facts of this case, and case law in similar cases from around the world, that the eventual sentence is one that the court could consider suspending." She said Mr Hunter was"haunted" by memories of her mother"screaming in pain" during her battle with cancer and a catalogue of other health problems.
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