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First black Briton was ‘from Cyprus’

A BBC plaque honouring the ‘first black Briton’ has been removed after DNA analysis suggested she was not actually of African origin. The sign celebrating the 1,800-year-old remains of ‘Beachy Head Lady’

26th October 2023

Cyprus/Europe

Appeal begins against Briton who killed wife

A British pensioner found guilty of the manslaughter of his seriously ill wife returned to court, as the state prosecution appealed the verdict and sentence as lenient. David Hunter, 76, was found

25th October 2023

Cyprus/Europe

Where justice fears to tread

Without fanfare or declaration, the Attorney General has decided that a British pensioner who killed his wife to end her suffering should still be behind bars and maybe die in prison. A

13th August 2023

Comment/Cyprus

Briton released after time served in wife’s ‘mercy killing’

A retired British miner convicted of manslaughter after killing his wife to relieve her suffering from blood cancer was released on Monday by a Cypriot court due to the time served of

31st July 2023

Cyprus

Briton found guilty in ‘mercy killing’ agonises over fate

A British pensioner found guilty of killing his seriously ill wife will hear his fate during sentencing at Paphos Criminal Court on July 31. Last week, the court rejected the premeditated murder

27th July 2023

Cyprus/Europe

Briton found guilty of lesser manslaughter charge

A retired British miner was found guilty of manslaughter instead of the more serious charge of premeditated murder after killing his wife to relieve her suffering from blood cancer, a Paphos court

21st July 2023

Cyprus/Europe

Briton said he killed wife after she ‘begged’ him

A British pensioner accused of killing his terminally ill wife told a Paphos court that he reluctantly ended her life after she repeatedly “begged” him to do so. “I didn’t want to

16th May 2023

Cyprus

Lawyers say Briton who killed wife had rights abused

Defence lawyers on Tuesday challenged a Paphos court ruling rejecting that a British man accused of killing his terminally ill wife was denied rights to a lawyer and was not fit to

28th March 2023

Cyprus

Key ruling next month in ‘mercy killing’ trial

A Paphos court will decide on 21 March whether a 75-year-old British man accused of murdering his seriously ill wife had his legal rights disregarded by police. David Hunter is facing murder

22nd February 2023

Cyprus

Briton was ‘traumatised’ after killing wife

Defence lawyers say a British man accused of killing his terminally ill wife was denied rights to a lawyer, an independent translation, and was not fit to be questioned. The Paphos criminal

17th January 2023

Cyprus