Pafos Live 20 November 2024
The 47-year-old man wanted by Russian authorities for the crime of fraud will remain in custody until December 27. According to Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, the 47-year-old appeared yesterday, Tuesday before the Paphos District Court, which set his next date of appearance on December 27, 2024 to schedule the hearing.
In order to ensure his presence, the Court imposed conditions such as the deposit of €100,000 in cash, the signing of a guarantee of €100,000 with a creditworthy guarantor, the surrender of his travel documents, his details to be placed on the stop list, to report to the central police station of Pafos and not to pass through areas that the Republic does not exercise control, said Mr. Nicolaou. The 47-year-old did not fulfil the above conditions and was detained in the detention facilities of the Pafos Central Police Station.
The 47-year-old was arrested on Monday afternoon in the Paphos district and an arrest warrant was pending against him for the crime of fraud. According to the police, the arrest warrant had been issued by the Russian authorities and related to the crime of fraud, committed between 2006 and 2015, in Russia.
A provisional warrant was issued against the 47-year-old by the Pafos District Court, on the basis of which he was arrested. The ICF Pafos continues the examinations.
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Pafos Press
A case of theft is being investigated by the Limassol TAE following a complaint by a food distributor on Tuesday night (19/11).
According to the police, around 20:00, an unknown person approached a food distributor on a motorcycle and stole a purse with €500, personal documents and credit cards.
The purse was found a little later in the area of Germasogeia without the money. TAE Limassol continues the exams.
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Filenews
The investigations of the Traffic Police around last Sunday's fatal accident on Archangelou Avenue in Nicosia are completed, with several facts having been clarified.
According to Filenews, it has been established that the unfortunate medical student Irene Kontogiorgou 20 years old from Greece who lost her life during the fatal collision of the rental vehicle with the wall of the DIAS complex, was sitting behind the passenger.
The Nicosia Traffic Police is investigating whether she was wearing a belt and where she hit her head to suffer a head injury that cost her her life.
At the same time, it has clarified through testimonies that one person of the seven passengers was in the luggage compartment. The Traffic Police did not want to give more details about this finding, however, from testimonies gathered it appears that one of the seven passengers in total was on the bonnet.
Now the Traffic Police will clarify some details such as when the seven had boarded the small saloon rental vehicle online, i.e. whether it was from the beginning before the fun or after the return.
Also, the case file will soon be completed so that it can be forwarded with all testimonies to the Legal Service to decide whether there are any offences, which and for whom. What is certain is that the driver allowed two persons to be in the vehicle without being fastened with a seat belt, while he himself was driving under the influence of alcohol.
Also, the fact that no other vehicle was involved in the accident makes it easier to draw conclusions and assign the appropriate responsibility.
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The 50-year-old man from Nicosia who was wanted by the police was arrested late at night.
According to a police statement, the 50-year-old, who was wanted to facilitate investigations in connection with an investigated theft case, committed on November 13, 2024, in Paralimni, has been arrested.
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Rapid developments are taking place in the case of the death of 33-year-old Christos Pavlou from Limassol, who died suddenly in March 2023, in the bathtub of his home. The unfortunate young man had visited his personal doctor a few days before he died, telling him that he suffered from chest, back pains and vomited. However, despite worrying signs, the latter reportedly prescribed him antibiotics, instead of referring him to a cardiologist for further investigation.
The case is now taking a different turn, with the death inquiry, which had begun a short time ago before the judge, Afroditi Parparinou, being suspended after the investigations of the ICF of Limassol, which were recently completed, revealed important evidence with specific recommendations.
As Filenews is informed authoritatively, the case file was forwarded a few weeks ago to the Legal Service for study and instructions and was returned very recently. The Legal Service gave the green light, giving instructions for the case to be immediately registered in the Limassol District Court for criminal prosecution of the doctor involved on the charge of causing death by negligence, in violation of Article 210 of the Penal Code.
It is recalled that during the death inquiry, which was conducted before the Limassol Court, the coroner Nicholas Charalambous, who was the one who performed an autopsy on the 33-year-old's body, had testified on 9/10, concluding that the death of the young man was due to a ruptured heart. Mr. Charalambous, cross-examined by the lawyer of the 33-year-old's family, Avgerinos Hartsiotis, was asked to answer a series of questions related to both his findings and what caused the heart rupture. The coroner ruled out the possibility that the deceased had acute tonsillitis, either of viral or bacterial etiology, stressing that if such findings had existed they would have been identified. In addition, he ruled out the possibility that there was a chronic heart problem, further explaining that it was not an instantaneous episode, but progressed over a period of time.
It is recalled that the unfortunate Christos on March 6, 2023 had visited his personal doctor telling him that he suffered from pains in the chest, back, neck, while he had tendencies for regurgitation. The young man went to the doctor on foot, since the clinic is located within walking distance of his residence. After a few minutes of visit, he returned to his family home with medication (antibiotics). The 33-year-old continued to feel unwell and have severe chest pains, telling his mother hours before he died that he had been suffering and unable to sleep the night before. At noon on March 8, while in the bathroom of the house, he was found dead.
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The two people arrested for the unprecedented case of burglary and theft of a safe, during which injury to one of them resulted in a leg amputation, were placed under eight-day detention by decision of the Pafos District Court.
The 57-year-old, who lost his leg when the heavy safe fell on him, and his 42-year-old alleged accomplice were placed in eight-day custody by the court in proceedings that ended earlier this month.
We remind you that the two were arrested the day before yesterday, in connection with a case of burglary of a residence in Anarita. Investigators secured evidence linking the injury to the fall of a bulky safe on the 57-year-old's leg, when during the burglary of the residence of a 63-year-old Greek Cypriot woman last Wednesday the safe fell on the 57-year-old's leg, causing him multiple fractures and eventually required amputation.
The 57-year-old was taken to Paphos Hospital at noon last Wednesday, having suffered multiple fractures to his leg. He was admitted to the operating room where he underwent surgery and then, due to the severity of his condition, he was transferred to Nicosia General Hospital, where doctors were unable to save his leg, proceeding to amputation.
The case of the injured person was informed to the Pafos ICF, which went to Paphos Hospital for investigations and examinations. A CCTV study found that the 57-year-old had been transported by a person, who left him at the hospital and then left the scene without giving evidence. Investigators traced his whereabouts and arrested a 42-year-old man on Thursday. The 42-year-old interrogator claimed that the 57-year-old called him and told him to pick him up from a field in an area of Paphos. On-the-spot examinations at the location indicated by the man in question did not confirm his claim. Instead, suspicions of false information were raised with the police and he was arrested.
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in-cyprus
Nurses have threatened to withdraw staff from emergency departments following an assault on a nurse at Nicosia General Hospital, as police investigate the attack.
The Cyprus Nurses Union (PASYNO) announced it would first withdraw triage nurses, followed by all emergency department staff, unless clear protection measures are implemented.
The announcement came after a 30-year-old nurse was attacked and verbally abused by a patient’s companion on Tuesday, suffering facial injuries, police told the Cyprus News Agency.
“We watch with frustration and indignation as the state, the Ministries of Justice and Health, and the State Health Services Organisation (SHSO) fail to protect us while performing our duties”, PASYNO said in a statement.
The union condemned the incident as a “brutal violation of healthcare workers’ safety”.
Following an emergency board meeting, PASYNO declared it would no longer tolerate inaction.
“Healthcare facilities cannot be zones of violence and insecurity. We demand immediate protective measures from SHSO and relevant ministries”, the statement read.
The union expressed strong dissatisfaction with what it describes as SHSO’s, the Health Ministry’s, and the state’s apathy towards implementing protection measures for public hospital workers.
“Their inaction has resulted in nurses and other healthcare professionals facing daily verbal and physical attacks”, PASYNO added, warning they would proceed with the announced measures to protect their members’ safety and dignity.
The Criminal Investigation Department of Nicosia is investigating the incident as an assault with intent to cause actual bodily harm and public abuse.
