A British man accused of killing his terminally ill wife could be looking at a life sentence in a Cyprus jail after a previously agreed plea deal was sensationally thrown out.
David Hunter had negotiated a reduced charge of manslaughter, down from pre-meditated murder, after his lawyers met with prosecutors. The lesser charge carries a 10-year sentence in Cypriot prisons.
But the retired miner, from Northumberland, now faces spending the rest of his life behind bars after the plea deal was thrown out and a full-blown murder trial was announced. As part of the deal, the 75-year-old would have admitted causing the death of his wife of 56 years Janice, at her request, at their home in Paphos in December 2021.
