Filenews 18 October 2022 - by Ioanna Mantzipa
The trial of the brutal murder of the two Russian women, Khaiat Alraeesi 43 years old and Mariia Gazibagandova 33 years old, who were found buried on December 5, 2021 in a pit in a country house in Kardama, took a change of course. The two brothers from Syria admitted all the charges after an amendment to the indictment and are expected to be sentenced by the Permanent Assize Court in the near future.
During yesterday's proceedings, the proposal of the lawyer of the two defendants was accepted and then an amendment of an indictment was made where the charge of manslaughter was added. The 33-year-old confessed perpetrator has admitted two counts of manslaughter. In view of his admission he was suspended and acquitted of the two counts of premeditated murder. As for his 44-year-old accused brother, the charge of aiding and abetting was suspended and he subsequently admitted the charge of interfering in a police investigation. It is recalled that the 44-year-old had initially admitted only the charges of illegal possession and transfer of a firearm.
The Assize Court set the case for continuation in mid-November for a report of facts and speeches for mitigation of the sentence. He ordered that the two defendants remain indicted in the Central Prisons.
The motive of the double murder, as the 33-year-old defendant said in his confession to the investigators of the ICF Limassol, was that on his return from the hunt on November 17, 2021, he heard the two Russian women sitting in the yard, conversing in Arabic and mocking him for his religious beliefs, mocking him for his masculinity and sexual performance. Then, as he said, they got into a heated argument, he took the gun and shot them.
The two women were located at the suggestion of the perpetrator, buried in a pit outside the country house, where the 33-year-old defendant after wrapping them in nylon, buried them in a grave and then placed gravel so that the soil did not look fresh.
