{"id":5886,"date":"2026-06-17T18:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-expat-david-hunter-dies-in-cyprus-after-killing-his-terminally-ill-wife-nearly-five-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:04:30","slug":"british-expat-david-hunter-dies-in-cyprus-after-killing-his-terminally-ill-wife-nearly-five-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/british-expat-david-hunter-dies-in-cyprus-after-killing-his-terminally-ill-wife-nearly-five-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"British expat David Hunter dies in Cyprus after killing his terminally ill wife nearly five years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_e73334\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">EXCLUSIVE: David Hunter, 78, was found guilty of manslaughter in 2023 after he suffocated wife Janice, 74, at their home &#8211; he died in hospital today<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311401\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunter\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-190844.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-190844.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-190844.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-190844.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"David Hunter's wife had been suffering terminal blood cancer and had \u2018begged him for weeks\u2019 to end her life\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">David Hunter&#8217;s wife had been suffering terminal blood cancer and had \u2018begged him for weeks\u2019 to end her life<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A British expat in Cyprus who killed his terminally ill wife has today died in hospital, his family has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">David Hunter, 78, was found guilty of manslaughter in 2023 after he suffocated wife Janice, 74, at their home in Tremithousa, near Paphos, in December 2021. She had been suffering terminal blood cancer and had \u2018begged him for weeks\u2019 to end her life, Hunter\u2019s trial heard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">His heartbroken daughter Lesley Cawthorne, 53, today confirmed her father had died in a Cypriot hospital. Hunter, a former coal miner from Ashington, Northumberland, had been suffering increasingly poor health since being released from prison three years ago.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-grouped\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroupEmbed_container__i0sRj\" data-testid=\"portrait-image-group\">\n<div class=\"ImageGroupEmbed_image-group-item__XHC82\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37311399\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311399\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:2\/3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunter\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311399.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_David-Hunter-court-case-Cyprus.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311399.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_David-Hunter-court-case-Cyprus.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311399.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_David-Hunter-court-case-Cyprus.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311399.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_David-Hunter-court-case-Cyprus.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Hunter was earlier sentenced to two years in prison for the manslaughter of his terminally-ill wife Janice\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Hunter was earlier sentenced to two years in prison for the manslaughter of his terminally-ill wife Janice<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageGroupEmbed_image-group-item__XHC82\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37311398\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311398\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:2\/3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunter\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311398.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_David-Hunter-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311398.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_David-Hunter-court-case.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311398.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_David-Hunter-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311398.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_David-Hunter-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"David Hunter, 74, and Janice Hunter 75\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">David Hunter, 74, and Janice Hunter 75<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He is understood to have been admitted to hospital this week because of a urinary tract infection, but today died suddenly, Lesley said. After Janice\u2019s death he was jailed for two years, but with time served, was released in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He remained living on the island to be close to his late wife\u2019s grave near Tremithousa. They had been married for 52 years and retired to Cyprus in 2002.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37311403\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37311403\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.42\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hunter\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311403.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_DM-HN-DAVID-HUNTER-GRAVE10JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311403.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_DM-HN-DAVID-HUNTER-GRAVE10JPG.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311403.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_DM-HN-DAVID-HUNTER-GRAVE10JPG.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37311403.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_DM-HN-DAVID-HUNTER-GRAVE10JPG.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"David Hunter seen visiting his wife's grave for the first time in 2023\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">David Hunter seen visiting his wife&#8217;s grave for the first time in 2023<cite aria-label=\"Image: Humphrey Nemar\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Humphrey Nemar)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lesley, from Norwich, said today: &#8220;We are devastated and the support over the last few years has meant the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a> to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cyprus\u2019 attorney general appealed both the manslaughter verdict and the sentencing handed down to Hunter, and further court hearings were due.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">His trial in Paphos heard that after suffocating Janice, Hunter had tried to take his own life but was found by police officers who were alerted by Interpol after he had contacted family to tell them what had happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The case made headlines around the world as debates broke out over the mercy killing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/david-hunter-dead-killed-wife-37311314\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: David Hunter, 78, was found guilty of manslaughter in 2023 after he suffocated wife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-190844.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}