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 he has now been freed because of time he already spent behind bars.
August 1, 2023 / 6:30 AMA 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.
David Hunter leaves Paphos District Court in Cyprus after he was released from custody by Cypriot prison authorities. 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.
Hunter attempted to take his own life by consuming a large amount of pills after suffocating his wife, but medical staff saved his life. But the court said both husband and wife believed that Janice would develop it because of her sister's fate. Charalambidou said it was the Cypriot attorney-general who scrapped the plea deal because he wouldn't accept as fact that Janice had repeatedly asked her husband to take her life."Murder must be … committed in cold blood"
"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.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.
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