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31 de jul. de 2023 · 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. The ex-miner, 76, from Northumberland, was...
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A Cyprus court sentenced a British man to two years in prison for killing his wife in their retirement home to spare her the pain from her illness, but prison authorities freed him Monday because of time he already had spent behind bars.
Defense lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou told The Associated Press that Cyprus Prisons Department authorities tabulated the time 76-year-old David Hunter had spent in custody since the December, 2021, killing and decided to release him immediately.
The court had earlier this month convicted Hunter of manslaughter after accepting testimony that his decision to suffocate his wife Janice was a made on the spur of the moment because he could no longer stand seeing her weeping in pain from a type of blood cancer she feared would develop into full-blown leukemia.
State prosecutor Andreas Hadjikyrou told the AP that the court took into account that Hunter, 76, acted "out of love" to save his wife. She was suffering from a blood ailment when he closed her mouth and nose with his hands as she sat in a recliner in their Paphos home.
It also took into consideration Hunter's advanced age and that he had no previous criminal record.
Justice Abroad, a group that defends Britons facing legal troubles in foreign countries, welcomed word of Hunter's early release.
In Cyprus, a largely Christian Orthodox country, euthanasia is taboo and there is no law on assisted suicide.
The judges agreed with the defense case that Hunter had not committed premeditated murder but had acted spontaneously to end the life of his wife, who had been begging him to do so because of the pain she suffered.
"The way the accused acted at the material time does not show premeditation for his illegal act but, on the contrary, an impulsive act without a clear mind," said presiding Judge Michalis Drousiotis.
"Murder must be the result of planning and committed in cold blood."
Towards the end of her life, Hunter said his wife was so unwell that she could no longer walk upstairs, and they had to sleep in a lounge chair on the ground floor of their home.
During repeated blood transfusions for cancer, Hunter said she repeatedly asked him to end her life.
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21 de jul. de 2023 · A British man who killed his seriously ill wife at their home in Cyprus has been cleared of her murder. David Hunter, 76, was instead convicted of manslaughter after suffocating 74-year-old...
31 de jul. de 2023 · 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. The ex-miner, 76, from Northumberland,...
