(21 Jul 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Larnaca - 21 July 2023
1. Wide of Larnaca International Airport departures entrance
2. Mid of lawyer Michael Polak on smartphone
3. Close of Polak's hands
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Polak, lawyer from legal aid group Justice Abroad:
"So today the court found David Hunter not guilty of murder, we were ecstatic with that result, because if he was found guilty of murder, he would have spent the rest of his life in prison here in Cyprus. So he was found not guilty for murder, but guilty of manslaughter, which is a much lesser charge, and that gives the court an option of giving him a suspended sentence. That's what we'll be asking the court to do next Thursday."
5. Close of Polak's hands
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Polak, lawyer from legal aid group Justice Abroad:
"David was a bit shocked, he told me that he hasn't slept in 3 or 4 days, so he was very tired but very pleased with the result. He was even more pleased that the court accepted what he said, about the state of his wife, that she was in a lot of pain, and that she asked him to end her life, that he'd acted out of love for her. So he was very pleased that the court was on board with the evidence that he'd given."
7. Larnaca International Airport departures entrance
STORYLINE:
A Cyprus court on Friday found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home guilty of manslaughter, saying that the prosecution didn’t prove beyond reasonable doubt that the 76-year-old man committed premeditated murder.
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