Now the news with al tansley. The Prime Minister has confirmed hundreds of new licences will be granted to drill for oil and gas in the north sea. Rishi sunak, whos in aberdeenshire to announce funding for two new Carbon Capture projects, said it was vital to bolster Energy Security. A former miner from northumberland who killed his seriously ill wife is expected to be released from prison by august. David hunter was found guilty of manslaughter last week hes been sentenced to two years by a court in cyprus but theyve taken into account the time hes already been in custody. The president of the Royal College of emergency medicine has said nhs plans for the coming winter in england are inadequate and could mean thousands of people dying needlessly. The nhs says it will build on recent improvements in ambulance and a e services. And police have begun a Murder Investigation after a man in his 30s was shot dead in north london last night. The victim was found on White Hart Lane in tottenha
as we have been hearing, a man who killed his seriously ill wife has been released from custody in cyprus. david hunter, from northumberland, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to two years, thejudges manslaughter and sentenced to two years, the judges took into account the time he spent behind bars. hundreds of new north sea oil and gas licences will be granted by the government. it says rishi sunak is in scotland to announce millions in funding for two new carbon capture projects. security officials in north west pakistan say they believe islamic state militants were responsible for yesterday s suicide bombing which killed at least 45 people as a political rally. no group has admitted responsibility for the attack. an old postage stamps without a bar code will no longer be valid for use after today, but they can be exchanged for new ones, free of charge. now the sport.
decision. i loved her so much, why would i want to kill the love of my life? it was a crime of love and mercy. so there was no dispute in court, thejudges said, that he didn t love her, even the prosecution itself said that we don t dispute that. that this was an act of love. and so the difficulty that they had was whether or not this was premeditated or whether or not it was manslaughter. but the judges said for it to be a premeditated crime, premeditated murder, there would have to be proof that david hunter was cold, calculated enough to carry out that murder. and there was no proof of that. the prosecution was saying also that there was no evidence of an agreement between the two people, there was no pact, so how can you say that he was trying to help her? they also said this, when you re talking about assisted suicide, this is the other point. they are also
everyone was frantically trying to figure out what that meant and officially we were told he will be freed by the end of august and then literally in the past 15 or 20 minutes we were told no, he can actually walk away from prison, from court right now! and that is exactly what has happened. you saw some months ago, he has walked away with his lawyer. and as divisive as this case has been, you have to remember this, that david hunter starting his life scratch now. his daughter said to us, this is a man who was enjoying a wonderful retirement with his wife, they had a house, a couple of cars, money in the bank, that man you have seen leave this court some moments ago, now has a carrier bag and this is what he has to adjust to. he s going to need support from
that. it s something that has been much debated, people have been. this is a conversation that has been going on for years and will go on for years. crystallised in this particular case in cyprus. that s ri . ht. particular case in cyprus. that s right- david particular case in cyprus. that s right. david hunter particular case in cyprus. that s right. david hunter was - particular case in cyprus. that s i right. david hunter was describing how his daughter also described how she was in so much pain that she was screaming. he had to make nappies for her. she was a shame to leave the house. there was some debate in court about whether or not her illness was actually terminal. at what was really important is that when they were discussing the verdict, thejudge said, the point is thatjanice and verdict, thejudge said, the point is that janice and david both believed themselves that it was terminal, which is why he carried out the act. he was telling the court that she begged me to do i