Filenews 21 December 2024
Police are close to solving a number of cases of residential burglaries and thefts committed in the Famagusta district recently, which, as part of police examinations, proceeded on Friday to arrest a 41-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman. In a search of the apartment where the two suspects live, property was found, which is being investigated whether it is the product of theft.
In a statement, the Police Communication Branch said the 41-year-old and the 43-year-old were arrested yesterday afternoon by members of the Police, with court arrest warrants issued after evidence emerged during the investigation of a number of burglary and theft cases. "These are a total of 18 cases of residential burglaries and thefts, committed in November and December, in the Protaras area, in Paralimni," it added.
"The arrest of the two suspects was followed by a search of the apartment where they live, pursuant to a court warrant. Property such as gold, electronic devices, paintings, household utensils, cosmetics, and other items were found in the apartment, with police investigating whether it was stolen property. In a search of the vehicle of the two suspects, a number of burglary tools were found."
It is noted that for the purpose of police examinations, the 41-year-old and 43-year-old were detained, with the Famagusta ICF investigating the case.
CNA
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The United Nations is expected to file a complaint with the Republic Police after the incident in the Deryneia buffer zone with farmers on Friday morning.
According to information provided to Filenews by UNFICYP, one peacekeeper was slightly injured, while three UN vehicles were damaged. According to UNFICYP, farmers with tractors hit peacekeepers' vehicles whilst they were cultivating fields in the buffer zone, for which there was no required permit. "Cultivation near the ceasefire line within the buffer zone is strictly prohibited because it can cause tension," UNFICYP said on our website.
Meanwhile, in statements to CNA, Andreas Constantinou, spokesman of the Famagusta Police Directorate, said that "at around 9.30 this morning information was received at the Deryneia Police Station by members of the United Nations that a Greek Cypriot farmer with his employees went to the area of Frenarous – Vrysoulla, within the buffer zone and started cultivating fields at the point not permitted by the United Nations."
He added that "members of the United Nations tried to stop the farmer and his employees from continuing to cultivate the fields, causing tension and conflict between them. The tension caused damage to UN vehicles, while the farmer and/or his employees attacked members of the force."
As Mr. Constantinou said, "an official complaint is expected to be submitted by the men of the United Nations to the Deryneia Police for investigation of the incident."
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The Supreme Court has decided to overturn a court decision annulling a warrant for the arrest of a suspect for attempted murder.
The arrest warrant against a suspect for attempted murder in July at a café in Strovolos, was issued on 12.7.2024, by the Nicosia District Court for the purpose of investigating serious criminal offences, including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The arrested person appealed to the Supreme Court seeking the annulment of the arrest warrant with a Privileged Warrant Certiorari. He was granted permission for one reason only, which was whether the police did not carry out and/or withhold "material information at the stage of requesting the warrant".
A judge ruled in favour of the applicant and annulled the arrest warrant after finding that the police had failed to refer to facts "which are directly relevant to the formation of the appropriate judgment in the circumstances by the lower Court........... I consider that it deprived him of the opportunity to have an overall assessment of the case in the light of all the facts and elements essential to the case, with the result that the lawfulness of the warrant was affected in the present case."
According to today's decision of three Supreme Court judges, the facts which, according to the Court of First Instance, had not been disclosed, concerned that the Police, on the basis of "credible" witness material, had previously obtained an arrest warrant against another person, whom they considered to be the perpetrator of the crimes under investigation.
As the three judges find, the fact that a person is arrested as a suspect by the Police, on the basis of "credible" testimony, and then released, does not prevent the Police from claiming an arrest warrant against another person on the basis of witness material, which may include part of the witness material used to obtain the previous arrest warrant.
However, what tipped the scales for the annulment of the first instance judgment was, as the Supreme Court points out, the fact that in the request for an arrest warrant against the respondent, there was an additional important element, which was not present in the previous witness material. And this was the information obtained by the Police, according to which, the respondent had allegedly admitted "to his close circle" the bombing that the Police were investigating.
In conclusion, we do not consider, in the light of what was put before the lower Court, which issued the arrest warrant, that there was a concealment of essential facts, especially those that affected the lawfulness of his extradition.
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A complaint against a gynaecologist for sexual harassment is under investigation by the Limassol Police.
According to exclusive information of philenews, the complaint was made by a 43-year-old patient, who claims that she was harassed by her doctor. The incident reportedly occurred after completing a medical examination at his office. The woman claims the doctor tried to kiss her and hugged her tightly.
Following the complaint submitted to the authorities, the gynaecologist was asked to give a statement to the Limassol Police Headquarters. Subsequently, he was charged in writing for what the complainant claims, while the Police continue the investigation to ascertain the accuracy of the complainant's allegations.
The same information states that there is a second complaint, against an anaesthesiologist, concerning an indecent assault against another complainant.
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A 34-year-old man was detained under a court order for the purpose of investigating a case of burglary and theft. The case is being investigated by the Oroklini Police Station.
The 34-year-old was arrested yesterday afternoon by members of the Larnaca Police, with a court arrest warrant issued after evidence emerged during the investigation of the burglary and theft case. This morning he was brought before the Larnaca District Court, which approved a relevant request by the Police and issued a seven-day detention order for the purpose of investigating the case.
According to the evidence under investigation, on December 12, shortly after 4:30 in the morning, a burglary was committed at a kiosk in Larnaka district, from where a sum of money, a large quantity of tobacco products and other property were stolen.
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A 67-year-old man was driving at breakneck speed on the Nicosia-Kokkinotrimithia highway. According to police, he was driving at a speed of 196 kilometers.
The 67-year-old driver was stopped shortly after 11.00 on Saturday morning by members of the Traffic Police on the Nicosia-Kokkinotrimithia motorway.
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Cyprus Mail
A group of about 15 young people caused a fire in an abandoned metalsmith’s in the early hours of Saturday, next to a building housing agricultural workers.
Nobody was injured.
A police spokesman told the Cyprus Mail that at around 1am on Saturday, in the Kolossi area of Limassol, a group of ten to 15 young people threw stones, firecrackers and incendiary devices in the direction of three idle metalwork machines, which were in an open shed.
The machinery belongs to a 60-year-old man.
Workers in the agricultural sector are housed in a building next door.
Episkopi police and Limassol crime squad are investigating the incident.
