He said: "For five or six weeks before she died she was asking me to help her. She was asking me more every day.
Before he finished giving evidence, he asked to address the judge, who he told: "My wife was suffering and she actually said: 'I don't want to live any more,' and I still said no. After giving evidence he told reporters his time in a Cypriot prison was "nothing" compared to the last six months of Janice's life.At trial, the prosecution said he "had decided to kill her and there was no common consent".
They have also argued a confession he is said to have made when he was arrested should not have been used against him, claiming he was suffering from dissociation at the time.