A man wanted by police was found carrying a Stanley knife after pushing his way through ticket barriers at Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
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A British man who killed his terminally ill wife at their home in Cyprus has been cleared of murder but was instead found guilty of manslaughter.
David Hunter, 76, killed his spouse of 52 years, Janice, as she lay dying of blood cancer in December 2021 after she 'cried and begged' him to do so. Janice, who was 74, died of asphyxiation at their home near the coastal resort town of Paphos.
Hunter denied premeditated murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence. He will be sentenced on July 27.
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Michael Polak, director of Justice Abroad, told PA news agency that, due to the lesser charge, Hunter may be able to get a suspended sentence and be able to leave prison in light of the verdict. In May, Hunter broke down in tears as he told his trial that he would “never in a million years” have taken Janice’s life unless she had asked him to.
He added: “She wasn’t just my wife, she was my best friend.”
He showed the court how he held his hands over his wife’s mouth and nose and said he eventually decided to grant his wife’s wish after she became “hysterical”. Hunter, from Ashington in Northumberland, said: “For five or six weeks before she died she was asking me to help her. She was asking me more every day.
“In the last week she was crying and begging me. Every day she asked me a bit more intensely to do it.”
Before he finished giving evidence, he asked to address the judge, who he told: “My wife was suffering and she actually said: ‘I don’t want to live any more,’ and I still said no. Then she started to become hysterical. I was hoping she would change her mind. I loved her so much. I did not plan it, I swear to God.”
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A man wanted by police was found carrying a Stanley knife after pushing his way through ticket barriers at Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
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