Retired coal miner David Hunter told his daughter he would kill himself at the first opportunity after failing in a suicide pact with his terminally ill wife in Cyprus.
David, 74, is charged with murdering his wife of 52 years Janice in December, but insists it was her wish to die.
He is alleged to have suffocated leukaemia-stricken Janice before taking an overdose of prescription pills, however he was found and survived.
