i would like to say thank you to all the people who have donated to me, especially my mates, my workmates. i don t know where i would be without them. i hope i m feeling the same as my family when i m talking about that. i m talking about all my lads. we re all a family. when you work in a colliery, we re a family. and that family, thousands of miles away in northumberland, were overjoyed that david hunter was finally free. absolutely ecstatic. i couldn t, you know, if i won the lottery tomorrow, i wouldn t feel any better than i felt when i got that call today. just absolutely brilliant. i mean everybody, you know, you could sense the emotion in the whole group. it s what we ve been working for, it s what we ve hoped for, what we ve wished for. this is the davey they knew, the lucky man who retired to cyprus with the wife he adored.
slowly and steadily, the pensioner who once feared a life sentence walked free. but the 19 months he d already spent in custody had clearly ta ken its toll. it s been such a long old journey for you, david. i mean, how do you sum up your feelings right now? i can t describe it, i m sorry. i wish i could. i wish i could find words to describe it. i can t. when you re under pressure for two years, wondering which way it s going to go, you don t know what to think. i hope i m feeling the same as my family. when i m talking about that, i m talking about all my lads. we re all a family. when you work in a colliery, we re a family. and down at the colliery, this is the davey they knew the lucky man who retired to cyprus with the wife he adored. but inside their home, janice was suffering. she had blood cancer, so david suffocated her and tried to take his own life. the moments afterwards captured on a personal video call
spent in custody. mr hunter had told the court that janice, who was suffering from blood cancer, had begged him to end her life. the judge said that taking human life was a crime, but that this was a unique case based on feelings of love. from cyprus, our north of england correspondent fiona trott s report contains some distressing details. slowly and steadily the pensioner who once feared a life sentence walked free. but the 19 months he d already spent in custody had clearly ta ken its toll. it s been such a long old journey for you, david. i mean, how do you sum up your feelings right now? can t describe it, i m sorry. i wish i could. i wish i could find words to describe it. i can t. when you re under pressure for two years, wondering which way it is going to go, you don t know what to think. i hope i m feeling the same as my family. when i m talking about that, i m talking about all my lads. we re all a family. when you work in a colliery, we re a family.
and down at the colliery, this is the davey they knew, the lucky man who retired to cyprus with the wife he adored. but inside their home, janice was suffering. she had blood cancer, so david suffocated her and try to take his own life. the moments afterwards captured on a personal video call to his daughter back in the uk. we spoke to lesley at the very start of this trial. dad was making nappies for her out of towels. she had frequent accidents. my dad was carrying her into the shower and cleaning her up. he said, you know, she hated that kind of loss of dignity. that just. she hated it, it destroyed her. you know, she would be crying as he cleaned her saying, i m sorry, i m sorry . that is why david hunter said janice begged him to kill her. he was found guilty