Retired miner David Hunter was released from prison in July after he was acquitted of the murder of his seriously ill wife.
A prosecution appeal case has begun in Cyprus against the verdict and sentence of a retired British miner who was freed from prison after killing his seriously ill wife.
The 76-year-old walked free within 15 minutes of being sentenced at Paphos District Court due to time already served and good behaviour.He spent 19 months in prison before being found guilty of manslaughter, but cleared of the more serious charge of premeditated murder. Michael Polak, director of Justice Abroad, which is representing Mr Hunter, said the court ordered that the prosecution file its arguments within two months and the defence respond within two months of that.
Mr Polak said: “After spending more than 19 months on trial and in custody in Nicosia prison, when the Assize Court of Paphos finally found David Hunter not guilty of murder in July and sentenced him for manslaughter resulting in his immediate release, we thought that the legal proceedings were over for him.“For anyone, but especially someone of David’s age, it is obviously very stressful to have the possibility of being sent back to prison for life hanging over their head.
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