A British former miner accused of killing his terminally ill wife could face life in a Cyprus jail after a plea deal was sensationally thrown out.
Legal teams from both sides had agreed last month to allow David Hunter, 75, to plea to a reduced charge of manslaughter, as opposed to pre-meditated murder, which carries a ten-year sentence.
The retired Northumberland man, who has spent the last year in a Cypriot cell, says he smothered terminally ill 75-year-old Janice - his wife of 56 years - at their home in Paphos in December last year at her request.
