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The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Paphos

Cyprus court again adjourns trial of Briton who killed terminally ill wife

David and Janice Hunter.
David and Janice Hunter. The case has proved far from straightforward in a country where euthanasia is outlawed. Photograph: Facebook

A court in Cyprus has adjourned the trial of a Briton, accused of killing his cancer-stricken wife, for an eighth time, highlighting the sensitivity that the case has elicited in a country where euthanasia is outlawed.

A judge sitting in the south-western town of Paphos delayed the hearing for a week after the prosecutor told the tribunal that the attorney general, the island’s top legal officer, required more time to study the file.

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