DUBAI (AP) - A British newspaper editor convicted of killing his wife with a hammer has seen his sentence reduced by Dubai's Court of Appeal.

The court ordered on Wednesday (Nov 27) that former Gulf News editor Francis Matthew must serve a seven-year sentence for manslaughter in the 2017 killing of his wife, Jane.

Matthew had received as much as a 15-year sentence for the killing. A series of appeals has seen his sentence change and his case go before Dubai's Court of Appeal.

That court on Wednesday ordered Matthew to be convicted of manslaughter, rather than premeditated murder, which carries a heftier sentence.

Matthew and his wife of 30 years were prominent members of the United Arab Emirates' large British expatriate community.

Matthew will be deported after serving his sentence.