Briton guilty of manslaughter of terminally ill wife-Cyprus court


A police van carrying British pensioner David Hunter, 75, arrives in the courthouse in Paphos, Cyprus, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Marinos Meletiou

PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus on Friday dismissed premeditated murder charges against a British pensioner for killing his terminally ill wife but found him guilty on a lesser count of manslaughter.

The court ruled that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt premeditation by David Hunter, 76, who killed his wife Janice in 2021. The 74-year-old woman had suffered from a rare form of blood cancer.

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