A retired Northumberland coal miner charged with murdering his wife of 52 years after a failed suicide pact, told his daughter he would kill himself at the first opportunity.
David Hunter worked as a coal miner in Northumberland for 40 years before retiring to Cyprus with his wife Janice. But now the 74-year-old is charged with her murder in December. He insists it was his terminally ill wife's wish to die.
David, who is currently in jail in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, is alleged to have suffocated leukaemia-stricken Janice before taking an overdose of prescription pills. However, he was found and survived. Now their daughter Lesley Cawthorne, 49, who is supporting her dad, has revealed his agony in an exclusive interview with the Mirror as he faces a life sentence unless the charge is reduced to assisted dying.
