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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Smith in Tremithousa

Briton who killed terminally ill wife faces murder trial in Cyprus

David and Janice Hunter on their wedding day. David Hunter has denied murdering his terminally ill wife in Cyprus.
David and Janice Hunter on their wedding day. David Hunter has denied murdering his terminally ill wife in Cyprus. Photograph: PA

Nothing in David Hunter’s life is as it should be. Six weeks short of turning 75, the pensioner remains in Cyprus but his home is a prison cell shared with 11 other men. At the other end of the Mediterranean island, Janice, his beloved wife, lies buried in a cemetery overlooking the sea. He has not been able to visit. Even worse, almost four months to the day after she died, he stands accused of premeditated murder with the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars.

“My dad loved my mum for 56 years,” said Lesley Cawthorne, the couple’s daughter, from her home in Norwich. “He absolutely cherished her. From beginning to end, when she was so ill and in such pain, he treated her with kindness, love and compassion. All we want is to bring him home.”

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