British pensioner who killed terminally ill wife to appear in Cyprus court

David Hunter, who has admitting smothering wife, Janice, desperate' for case to be heard, says lawyer

A British pensioner charged in Cyprus with the premeditated murder of his terminally ill wife says he is desperate" to have his day in court ahead of the trial opening on the island.

David Hunter is due to appear before an assize court in the coastal city of Paphos on Monday, almost nine months to the day after he admitted smothering his 75-year-old spouse, Janice, to death.