Pafos Live 5 March 2024
A 30-year-old man who was wanted by the Police for a case of attempted murder, committed on March 5, 2023 in Nicosia, was located last Saturday afternoon, March 2, and arrested.
Specifically, the 30-year-old was located by a member of the Police who was off duty and was arrested based on the court warrant pending against him.
According to the evidence under investigation, on 5/3/2023, the 30-year-old allegedly attacked a 31-year-old compatriot, injuring him with a knife. The complainant had received first aid at Nicosia General Hospital and was discharged.
The arrested man was brought yesterday before the Nicosia District Court, which issued a detention order for eight days. The offences of attempted murder, wounding and similar acts, possession of an offensive instrument, menacing and others are being investigated against him.
Upon completion of the examinations, the case file will be placed before the Legal Service for study and instructions.
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Pafos Press
In the last three days, the Paphos Police proceeded with 146 traffic complaints, with most of them concerning driving at excessive speed.
According to the Assistant Police Director of Paphos Operations, Michalis Nikolaou, of the 146 traffic complaints, 12 related to driving under the influence of alcohol, 2 under the influence of drugs, and 46 driving at excessive speed. The remaining traffic complaints were for minor traffic violations.
The coordinated operations of the Police will continue at a later stage, concluded Mr. Nikolaou.
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Filenews
As part of an investigation into the discovery of more than seven kilos of cannabis and the arrest of two persons, the Police proceeded yesterday to arrest another person.
This is a 32-year-old man who was arrested on a court warrant and taken into custody.
Today, he is expected to be brought before the Limassol District Court for a detention order.
It is noted that the first two arrested are in seven-day detention.
The YKAN (Limassol Unit) continues the examinations.
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He had been coming from Greece for a year to deliver packages of drugs for a fee, but his action was discovered by the Limassol YKAN and as a result he was arrested and ended up in prison.
The reason, for a 28-year-old Greek who was convicted yesterday by the Permanent Assize Court of Limassol after being found guilty by his own admission, on charges of illegal import of cannabis, illegal possession and illegal possession with the aim of supplying to other persons. The Assize Court handed down concurrent prison sentences of five and a half years on the two charges. As mitigating factors, the personal, family and financial circumstances of the accused as well as his direct admission and cooperation with the Police were taken into account. The 28-year-old was represented by lawyer Despo Christodoulou.
The defendant after his arrest on October 4, 2023, confessed to his action, revealing that for a year he delivered packages of drugs for a fee of up to €2,000, each time. As he said, he booked tickets and came to Cyprus, received the drug packages and then delivered them to a specific person following instructions received via message.
The package in question, containing 2 kilos and 800 grams of drugs, was sent to Cyprus from Spain, via Larnaka Airport on 3 October, to a person residing in Limassol.
The YKAN was informed about the parcel and after the drugs were replaced with dummies, a coordinated operation was then set up to locate the recipient.
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Police have arrested a ninth person in connection with the incidents outside the Paphos mall on Saturday night.
He is a 27-year-old man who, according to police, is involved in a case of injury to three people and rioting.
The 27-year-old was arrested under a court warrant issued after evidence emerged during the investigation into the incidents.
He was brought before the Pafos District Court, which issued a three-day detention order against him.
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In a courtroom filled with both colleagues and friendly faces, a gastroenterologist faced sentencing at the Nicosia District Court yesterday, following his conviction on multiple charges of indecent assault against a patient.
The 62-year-old man received a four-month immediate prison sentence.
During the proceedings, the court pointed out the accused’s lack of remorse and failure to apologise, not only to the victim but also to the broader community and the state itself.
During the mitigation plea, the doctor’s defence presented a letter from the accused’s spiritual advisor, urging the court to forgo a custodial sentence. The letter praised the doctor’s character and professional excellence, something reportedly based on personal knowledge through confession.
This defence was mirrored by the accused’s legal representation, which argued that their client had been prematurely judged and condemned by the media, contributing to a prejudiced perception of the case.
The conviction stems from events reported in the summer of 2020, culminating in the court’s decision on December 24, 2023, which found the doctor guilty and dismissed his testimony as unreliable.
Contrarily, the victim’s account was deemed credible, leading to the doctor’s subsequent exclusion from the General Health System.
The indictment detailed a sequence of events where the victim, under the pretence of necessary medical examinations requiring anaesthesia, was subjected to multiple indecent assaults by the doctor, who was also a family acquaintance.
According to the victim’s testimony, these assaults occurred shortly after she regained consciousness, isolated within the doctor’s facility.
The accused claimed the interactions were consensual, alleging the victim had initiated physical affection—a claim rejected by the court.
The aftermath of the incident saw the victim confiding in a close friend through a message and later informing her mother, who awaited her in the hospital’s waiting area.
In its decision, the court noted that the doctor had previous convictions for similar offences.
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Cyprus Mail
A high-ranking civil servant in the north was arrested on Monday night as part of the police’s investigations into a mass brawl which took place in Nicosia’s old town last week.
It is understood that the man holds a high-level position in the north’s ‘health ministry’. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
It was heard on Monday that two of the people already arrested after the fight, which had taken place on Zahra Street, were handing out golf clubs from their car to other fighters before the fight took place.
Last week, it had been reported that four of those arrested were under the age of 18 and that one of them had been “seriously beaten” during the fight.
Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci had described the fight as a “mafia exercise”.
“What happened last night on Zahra Street was not just a simple fight, but power exercises carried out by mafia groups, as happens in every area of the country,” he said.
Zahra street is located in Nicosia’s old town, atop the western side of the city walls. In recent years, it has become a hub of social spaces, cafes, restaurants, bars and other entertainment venues.
