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Emily Woods

Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

Mayumi Spencer (right) died following a night out with her husband in January 2015. (HANDOUT/FACEBOOK)

A doctor is appealing coroner's findings that referred him to prosecutors for a negligent manslaughter charge after he sliced his wife's throat open and waited three hours before calling an ambulance.

Sleep and respiratory physician Peter Spencer, whose medical registration is suspended, was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the criminal charge by coroner John Cain in June 2023.

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